Head coach to replace banned Shane Flanagan to be decided tomorrow by Cronulla Sharks Daily Telegraph rugby league journalist Josh Massoud says the Cronulla Sharks are unable complain with the relatively light sanctions proposed by the NRL for their 2011 supplements program. Cronulla Sharks assistant coach Peter Sharp, who may take over for Shane Flanagan after the NRL announced a 12-month ban for the head coach on Tuesday. A CRUCIAL Cronulla board meeting tomorrow night will move to resolve who is appointed Sharks head coach for the 2014 NRL season and beyond. Cronulla's coaching conundrum is the priority item on what is set to be a long and exhausting evening for a Sharks board scheduled to gather for the first time since the NRL's $1m fine and 12-month provisional suspension of head coach Shane Flanagan on Tuesday. Cronulla Sharks assistant coach Peter Sharp after training yesterday, following the NRL's announcement of a provisional one-year ban for head coach Shane Flanagan. While respectful that Flanagan has until January 15 to appeal his suspension, which he plans to do, the board will meet tomorrow night with a focus on reaching a decision on a head coach in the hope it can temper the hysteria surrounding the embattled club. The decision could also have a ripple effect among the Sharks players, with the future of 14 off-contract players - including Andrew Fifita, Wade Graham, Isaac De Gois, Sosaia Feki and Jonathan Wright - clouded until the coaching situation is sorted. With the majority of the board believed to be in favour of re-appointing Flanagan, once any suspension is served, the key issue for the club is ensuring that during the short-term, the football team performs under strong leadership and coaching. After the most turbulent 12 months in the club's history, the Cronulla board are aware that results on the football field in 2014 have never been more critical. A string of losses next season and subsequent poor crowds could prove disastrous for the Shire club. It's anticipated the board members will debate a number of determining factors before reaching a final decision on who will steer the Sharks next season, including the financial burden still paying Flanagan while promoting current assistant coach Peter Sharp to head coach and bringing in Canberra assistant Brett Kimmorley and also, what impact it will have on the players. Assistant coach Peter Sharp led the Sharks NRL squad at training yesterday (Wednesday) and is an obvious choice to take over the reigns in Flanagan's absence. Involved in the NRL as both a head coach and an assistant for the past 15-years, Sharp is a popular figure both within the club and among the playing group. Any initial reluctance Sharp may have had about taking Flanagan's position has been tempered with the knowledge that the role would only be required up until the point that Flanagan returns. Kimmorley, who commutes to Canberra with his family still based in the Shire, remains contracted to the Raiders until the end of next season and would need to seek a release from his deal to join the Sharks. The former Test halfback is also contracted to Fox Sports for 2014, which unless he quit the commentary role, would make it virtually impossible for him to be considered as a head coach option. Former Sharks halfback Brett Kimmorley kicks during a 2008 game playing for Cronulla.