Warriors boss Cameron George insists he will back assistant coach Richard Agar if he opts to challenge his breach notice for an alleged incident in Las Vegas.
Agar was charged with breaching the league’s code of conduct in an alleged confrontation with a journalist after the side’s season opener against the Raiders.
The 53-year-old is set to be fined $10,000 and serve a three-match suspension.
George admitted that a decision on if the club and Agar wish to challenge “parts of the breach notice” had yet to be made as of Wednesday.
“I have to talk to Richard in regards to each point of the breach notice, he told SEN.
“I understand the stance the NRL are taking.
“There is no excuse for behaviour of that sorts. We will work out whether we accept the penalty and move on or if we challenge certain parts of it.
“Everyone is going to have their own story around it, Richard certainly has his.
“I will talk to Richard about that first but I have told him ‘We could handle things a lot better in that situation if it were to ever occur again.’
“He is fully aware of that and has been very apologetic about the stance he took on that day both personally and professionally. He knows from his own personal view and the club’s perspective that it is something we don’t want to be dealing with.”
George conceded that while the Warriors do not condone the behaviour displayed by Agar, the club will remain supportive of the assistant coach during such time.
“If Richard feels very much like certain things are absolutely incorrect, I will certainly support our staff and players around trying to correct the wrong,” George said.
“I just want to reiterate that from my perspective there is no reason why that conduct should happen. As a club, we have a responsibility to the game.
“We don’t condone that but at the same time we will support Richard.”
Head coach Andrew Webster echoed George’s comments and insisted the off-field incident will not be a significant disruption to his team’s round three preparations.
“When your best players are out, you always look to what’s next,” Webster said.
“Rich is a really experienced assistant coach, he’s a great coach. He’s done a lot in the game and I’d rather have him sitting next to me every week.
“It will just be business as normal. We’ve got enough experienced coaches, it’s just like when you lose a good player, we’ve got a plan and we’ll be fine.”