Ben Hunt has declared he has little want to start out once more underneath a brand new coach amid hypothesis Anthony Griffin’s future on the Dragons might be decided inside days.
The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday that the Dragons will maintain a particular board assembly subsequent week the place a listing of candidates to interchange Griffin shall be offered.
Jason Ryles, Ben Hornby, Dean Young and Shane Flanagan together with Griffin are anticipated to be on the record.
The Dragons board will then create a shortlist of candidates they wish to interview earlier than a proper choice is made.
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Dragons skipper Ben Hunt, who has been a vocal supporter of Griffin, addressed the media on Wednesday and was questioned on a possible teaching change.
“(Griffin) has been here for a couple of years now and we are building in a direction I believe is the right direction,” he advised reporters.
“I believe if you take away your coach and bring a new coach in, it’s going to start that cycle again and to be honest I don’t have the time to start it all again.
“I’m getting to the back end and i’m not really keen on starting fresh.”
Hunt was then requested whether or not Griffin’s sacking would trigger him to rethink his future.
“You would definitely have a think about it and reassess maybe,” Hunt replied.
“But my biggest thing at the moment is trying to win games. I’m not really worried about the future.”
Hunt signed a contract extension in October which can maintain him on the Dragons till the top of the 2025 season.
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It comes because the Dragons had been accused of “putting a noose” round Griffin’s neck.
“I feel as though this is death by a thousand cuts for Anthony Griffin,” the Daily Telegraph’s Dave Riccio stated on NRL360 on Tuesday.
Co-host Paul Kent added that the membership’s issues stretched a lot additional than Griffin.
“The problems at St George Illawarra are far more widespread than the coach, they don’t have a recruitment guy there at the moment, they don’t have someone out there talking to players,” Kent stated.
“Who is presenting to players right now? Jack Wighton is on the market, who at the Saints can ring Jack Wighton for example and say come and have a look at us and we’ll sell the club to you.
“They basically put a noose around Griffin’s neck, there’s no recruitment guy, there’s not general manager of football or anything like that, there’s nobody coming forward saying this is us and we want to get you here.”
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