After coaching merry-go-round have Leicester finally found long-term boss?

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Geoff Parling won two Prem titles as a Tigers player, and now is their head coach By Adam Whitty BBC Radio Leicester sports editor Published 1 hour ago If you have been a regular watcher of English rugby over the past 30 years, or indeed a neutral observer of the game, I am going to make two statements so shocking that after hearing them, you might need a lie down. Leicester Tigers are playing entertaining, attractive rugby. Leicester Tigers look to have found a long-term head coach. No, really. Tigers, so often the bastions of a physical, aggressive gameplan, have opened up, and a 13-year psychodrama that has seen almost 30 coaches come and go, might well be over too. Geoff Parling, a man with a decorated playing career, and self-described 'rugby nause', has now set his sights on winning trophies for England's most successful club as head coach. They have won 12 of their 17 games in the Prem this season, including seven of the last nine. They won the Prem Rugby Cup and have already guaranteed themselves a place in the Prem semi-finals. They now face Bath on Saturday in a straight shoot-out for a home semi after what has been an impressive season. New stars have been discovered, new leaders have been formed, silverware has been won and seemingly, foundations have been set - Leicester fans will hope - for a bright future ahead. So how has Parling, and his team, done it? And is he Leicester's long-term leader? A three-time Prem winner (twice with Leicester), 29 caps for England and a British and Irish Lion, Parling was announced last May as Leicester's 10th head coach since 2013. At that stage, Tigers were on the way to a runners-up spot, losing to Bath in last year's final. Michael Cheika, a coaching rock star, departed after a one-season setlist. The words "long-term contract" were mentioned in the announcement almost as much as "Geoff Parling". The Tigers' hierarchy was sick of a revolving door of head coaches, as were the players, who would openly criticise instability in interviews. Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Club captain Ollie Chessum and Tigers and England team-mates Freddie Steward and Jack van Poortvliet have been part of a new leadership group Listen to the Leicester Tigers Rugby Show podcast on BBC Sounds Exeter stun Leicester to set up Prem play-off drama Published 3 days ago Tigers thriving on play-off expectation - Parling Published 7 days ago Parling's introduction was, as he described, a "whirlwind". He left the final Lions Test as Australia forwards coach on the Sunday and was coaching Tigers by the Wednesday. The unpacking of boxes in his new home, I discovered last week, still hasn't been fully completed. He set about changing the way Leicester played, along with attack coach Pete Hewat. Inspired by watching Aussie Rules during his time down under, he prioritised kicking accuracy, asking players to try to catch the ball above their head under the high ball. Before last week