The assistant coach and Warriors great has been pushed into the interim head coach role following Nathan Brown's departure.
Brown cited family reasons as to why he couldn't relocate to New Zealand.
Jones says everything has happened very quickly.
Silver Ferns and Northern Mystics shooter Grace Nweke's been working hard to recover from the ankle sprain that's kept her sidelined for four weeks.
Without the towering goal shoot, the defending champions lost their final five games of the regular season... to limp into tomorrow night's ANZ Premiership elimination final against the Stars in Takanini.
New ASB Classic tournament director Nicolas Lamperin is confident he has the money to tempt some big names down under this summer.