Wests Group chairman Owen Kilpatrick has torpedoed suggestions Adam O'Brien will be the next NRL coach with his head on the chopping block, declaring the Knights are not about to sack and pay out another coach.
Asked directly this week about O'Brien's future following the club's plummeting fortunes this season and the possibility of him being axed and paid out with more than two years left to run on his contract, Kilpatrick was emphatic: "Well, that won't be happening. We've got to stick with Adam, support him and work our way out of this."
The Knights have won just two of their past nine games and currently sit 12th on the ladder, six points adrift of the top eight.
