“To be honest - and I’m not talking about the past at all - I want to see someone with a hard edge, a bit of a hardarse. We need to instil that fabric - we need to steel up that defence and our attitude and that’s right across the board.

“Bringing that hard edge would be really good and everyone carries that in their own way. I just like a simple approach to footy; if someone comes to us without over-analysing it and presents well and has a simple philosophy with effort-based areas, they are really key attributes that could help our club.”

Trent Barrett was moved on from Canterbury, taking the number of coaches turned over to three already this season.

“There comes a time in life where my family has to be more important than my coaching career,” Brown told Nine news. “That’s the reality of it, I make no apologies for that.

“My eldest daughter went to 11 different schools and changed schools in year 12. My family made all the sacrifices for me and it comes to hopefully move into another field of rugby league.”

Brown said he had retired from head coaching and his ideal role would be to assist other mentors coming through the ranks.

“My coaching has come to an end,” Brown said.

“Maybe I can help someone stay employed.”

Warriors legend Stacey Jones, formerly an assistant, will take over from Brown in an interim capacity.

“Certainly things need to change as far as performances go,” said Jones, who deflected questions about whether he wants the job on a permanent basis.

“I’m going to put a lot of work into it. My message to the group is we need to get the simple things right first. Our effort, what we’re doing there, is way off the mark.”

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The Warriors have now parted with five coaches - Matthew Elliott, Andrew McFadden, Stephen Kearney, Todd Payten and Brown - during the past decade. There has also been a constant turnover in support staff, including Phil Gould, although George denied there were any underlying issues.

“I take a lot of responsibility and I’m very passionate about this footy club now and into the future,” George said.

“Whilst we have been trying to survive in a lot of aspects of our footy club, it doesn’t give us a free pass for not winning, we haven’t got that right …

“Since [Covid], we haven’t been able to field any other team except the NRL team … when we can get home and reconnect with all of those facets of our business, it will be much better for our footy club to succeed.”

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