He is very much hot and cold Watkins alway has been, to be classed as top class he needs to be much more consistent.

My view is that GH realised that Powell needed to find his feet at a lower level in the expectation that he would return to Leeds as Head coach when he'd learnt the job. I also think that Powell went along with this, hence his time at the Tykes then at Featherstone - don't forget we picked Hardaker up from them during Powell's time there.
Unfortunately for GH, Cas beat GH to it & offered Powell the job there & when he'd quickly shown his worth gave him an improved long term deal.
I believe that Powell & GH continue to be on good terms & would not discount Powell becoming our head coach in the future.

You've officially lost me now.

Well maybe you were just having a bad day then when you went on your rant at me last Friday. I posted that Powell is the best coach in Super League, then you went on some campaign about previous coaches at Leeds and Powell in 2003.

I didn't mention the words "used to be" or "has been", I said he is (i.e. the present) the best coach in Super League.

There are arguably a few other coaches in SL who would have done well to follow the Powell route when their playing careers ended, rather than just being a handed a high profile head coach job.

A spell in the lower leagues working out how to get best use out of limited resources might have taught Shaun Wane a different approach to the "shout at everything" manner he seems to be developing, for example.

"If only we had gone for him a few years back, we would have still had the GF wins, shown a proper future, and wouldn't have been taken backwards 17 years."

This is what you said that I took issue with.