That's a good point to be honest, there isn't anyone i can think of really, im quite happy with his appointment, because the players speak highly of him so fingers crossed, he will prove opposition fans wrong.

Can do if you want

Bramley you're sounding just like all the fans who supported the early appointment of Steve McNamara at the Bulls.

There too he was trumpeted as a champion for sorting out the youth development side of things. He was good at that but it takes years to bear fruit and trouble was he wasn't much good at being a 1st team coach.

IMO McDermott is an odd choice for head coach.

I'm extremely happy with the appointment

I'm well aware of that

Yes, this could be a decision that could back fire but so could any other appointment. Leeds are a club that has been there and got the T-shirt when it comes to useless high-profile players and coaches from overseas.

I think the difference here is that McDermott does have some background as a head coach (in what was a difficult environment), something that McNamara didn't have. Maybe it is just me being in a positive mood this morning but I'm relatively happy with McDermott seeing us through the next three years. Above all, I think we need a long term plan - you don't often get that with coaches from Australia who tend to go home at the end of their two year contract.

Or ones that say they are going home then find they can't get an NRL job and have to pick up any old work they can in SL, for example?

Its been an awesome day for some sig material! If Leeds win any silverwear under McDermott there will be some silly looking people

What a lot of people from outside Leeds will not acknowledge is that McDermott has been at Leeds before and did a good job. From what I can remember there was definate drop in the quality of the performances when McDermott left. Leeds know what they are getting in McDermott, but obviously some people on RLFANS think they are in a better position than GH to judge.

Could have been worse....we could have got McNamara!

I'll decide on Brian Mac after he's had a season in charge, and leave all the gormless polls and the suchlike to the knee jerking s

No offence intended of course.

Didn't you win three titles in a row after he left?

No we got knocked out of the CC against Huddersfield and got knocked out of the playoffs against a very average Warrington side.

Wait and see seems the obvious thing to me.

Also... If McDermott is as good at the Youth side of things as his reputation suggests (seems to have done OK so far!), then that's all we really need at this stage.

I really don't think it matters who coaches us in 2011, with a captain like Sinfield and players with the quality and experience of Peacock, Senior, McGuire, Burrow & Buderus in the squad it will practically coach itself next year. They're certainly not going to let him do anything stupid so all this talk from the Dulls about us finishing outside the 8 etc/start of the decline etc is just garbage.

McDermott's appointment seems very much like it was in the long term plan for a long term solution post-current crop if you ask me. The fact that it's come a year earlier makes little or no difference. Not at all disappointed, let's just see if GH has got it right.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

we might just have to accept a transition period during the next couple of seasons

theres no doubt that the next coach had a huge job with so many leeds players likely to leave at the end of the 2011 season
webb,senior,leuluai,buderus,peacock and lauititti could all be leaving and mcguire,burrow and sinfieldwill be 30 or over in 2012

i really hope mcdermott is successful but we need some inspiring signings and some good youngsters pushing for 1st team places

Brian mac will do well