Resolving the differences in a divided playing group looms as the biggest immediate challenge for whoever becomes Gold Coast’s next NRL coach.
Neil Henry, the man appointed in 2014 following the sacking of foundation coach John Cartwright, was axed on Monday with a year remaining on his contract.
It brings an underwhelming end to a coaching tenure during which Henry dragged a club afflicted by boardroom turmoil, off-field drama and recruitment sagas to a first finals appearance in six years in 2016.
Henry’s first full season in charge of the Titans coincided with an off-field drugs drama for several players, the club entering voluntary administration and a high-profile snubbing by backflipping recruit Daly Cherry-Evans.
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