That's the alternative and not they made an honest mistake and now they can't afford to pay him off?

I have been thinking along those lines and am loathe to revise my original opinion that IM was a good fit to Cas Tigers but his record suggests the chemistry between him and his club tends to be either glorious or disastrous and you might reasonably conclude from his tenure thus far that the latter is more likely to apply with us. It's a 'dont know' from me at the moment but edging towards 'go'.

I think you would be better giving him another year; yes it's been a woeful season but any coach needs time and, dispite some failures, Millward does have a good track record. In any case, who would you replace him with? IMHO Kear looks like a good bet - and I am sure he would be good for you - but even he would need time to make his mark.

Spot on, no one has made a convincing argument on here that we will be any better next season, i dont really buy the its the out of contract players not trying argument at all and think its naive at best, danny is trying, youngquest is trying, jones is trying, hudson has tried when he has played, davies has tried, goldy tried, jackson has tried, mitchell and griffin have to try there hardest or there sl careers are over, grehan hardly played, harris and brierly haven't been given a game, the only player you can honestly say that hasnt tried who is ooc is snitch If we give milward another year we will be on sub 5k crowds so whoever comes next will have a much harder job just to avoid the wooden spoon with the smallest budget in the league, i actually think with the way crowds are falling we could be in danger of going bust, we need to act before its too late.

How is 11 wins in his last 51 professional games a good track record?

Ok then, i rephrase no one has instant success who doesn't have an unlimited amount of cash.

Michael Maguire - wasn't his only signing his first season at Wigan Paul Deacon?

Back to the drawing board KYLE old lad

And a decent squad already built for him
And the full cap to spend

Guys, i was talking about his time at Cas to be honest. We're an average, boring team who are hanging on for dear life in Super League. So many promises and yet we continue to take steps back rather than forward.

The same "decent squad" that spent the full salary cap that finished what, 5th? the year before so Maguire improved the team by 4 league places AND a grand final win, that is instant success.

Your current situation reminds me alot of Wakefield. When Danny Brough left us we struggled to fill the gap and honestly couldn't compete with most sides without a recognised SH. Millward first and foremost needs to conclude whether Rangi Chase is staying or going. Once that's resolved the club can move forward.

It's hard enough competing with the top clubs, but to have your key man and influential player missing makes it impossible. Injuries on top of Ferres & McGoldrink leaving early has put more pressure on younger less experienced players which when out of form is rather hard to cope with.

Get rid of the deadwood or players who don't want to be there and rebuild

The Castleford squad is in for a massive overhaul before the 2013 season and so far the players coming in are an improvement on those leaving and we finally have 2 recognised centres for and first time since 2010! Hopefully next season will see players in their specialist positions rather than having to fill gaps.

2012 - Wasn't Griffin known more for been a centre
2011 - Wasn't that Arundel's first full season in the 1st team therefore hardly "recognised".
For 2013 we have two International centres and then Lee Gilmour to cover if needed.