I had some crazy idea they were going to shock us all by announcing someone like Wayne Bennett.
It's an odd one for sure. But their situation reminds me of us in the late 1990s, when the years of success had finally ended and Mo and DW didn't seem to know how to replicate them because they hadn't twigged that the very good, very settled team they'd had previously had also been coaching itself for several years and so its retirement was a double loss. Even chucking money at a club doesn't recreate that level of on-field and off-field superiority overnight.
As the OP says, it could be a while before Leeds are challenging for silverware again.