‘Time for the club to have a new coach’: Bellamy’s frank admission may truly mean end is near

Melbourne Storm maestro Craig Bellamy says it’s “time for the club to have a new coach” and says he’s “pretty sure” this will probably be his remaining yr in cost.

The legendary coach has spoken about his retirement for a few years, courting all the way in which again to 2013, conceding he has “told too many lies”.

As a part of his contract the 63-year-old can resolve every year whether or not he needs to stay round or transfer right into a part-time function after three premierships.

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While many within the trade will solely consider Bellamy is really retired once they see him stroll out the door, he advised Fox League’s NRL 360 he needs to offer the Storm as a lot time as potential to seek out his substitute.

“I’m pretty sure this is gonna be my last year as a head coach. I’ll still be around the club a bit in a part-time role at the end of this year, but nothing’s really changed,” he defined.

“I’m not quite sure when the club wants a definite answer but I want to give (them) plenty of time to find a new coach … I can’t see anything changing this year as to me not retiring at the end of the year.”

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Now coming into his twenty first season in cost, Bellamy has taken the Storm to 9 grand finals, a outstanding run of longevity turning the growth membership right into a perennial powerhouse.

“There’s some parts of the game that you really enjoy, there’s other parts you don’t really enjoy,” he defined.

“I enjoy being around the players, the banter but also I’m serious at times as well and expecting the players to be that as well.

“I’ve been here a long time and I think it’s just time for the club to have a new coach as well.

“But as I said, I just get this feeling that my time’s just about up, but you can be sure I’ll put everything into this year and I won’t be going on holidays any time soon.”