Jesus H. I hope some of these are trolling efforts. If not I'd have to question the mental ages of the some posters.

Actually, either way I'd have to question the mental ages of some posters.

Did Kieran Cunningham have help from an assistant coach to bring out that Saints performance last Friday night?

Did Kieran Cunningham have help from an assistant coach to bring out that Saints performance last Friday night?

Interestingly the Leeds Rhinos facebook page (presumably Phil Daily) actually bothered to respond to one comment along similar lines to some of the posts here



So he has TWO assistants? No wonder he can take on the USA job the part timer.....

Plus Jason Davidson and the most experienced and successful group of senior players in SL.

Until recently we were happy with a SL head coach also running the England team, which is a monumentally bigger and more complicated job than USA head coach.

Basically McDermott has taken on a part time job for when he's not coaching Leeds. Most people work Monday to Friday, if someone takes on a Saturday job too then what's the problem?

When you think after over a century people in England complain about us bringing in teams in London or Oxford, but the US manage to run teams from boston to Atlanta to florida. Its a monumental effort from those guys, and fully deserving of the game over here doing whatever it can to help.
Good luck to Brian, Good luck to the hawks.

Oh I get it, now Leeds are currently winning so everyone has swept aside their disapproval of McDermott. I'm sure just a few weeks ago when McDermott chose to play with just two subs everyone was up in arms and calling for this head?Typical fickle southstander. If Wigan hand our backsides to us tomorrow this forum will be in up in arms. All along I have backed McDermott at Leeds (and still do) I just call for him to have a decent No2. So on the whole my issue is not about McDermott taking on the USA job, its with him having no assistants and trying to oversea a huge transitional period. Barry Eaton and Chris Plume, come on....you're kidding right?

Running the academy is a part time role, as is head coach of Hunslet. They are both part time teams.

Don't a couple of the players also coach academy sides at the club?

Gary Heatherington has also coached in his time if Leeds are ever short of coaches.

Personally I think this might be another masterstroke by the sleeve as it will put Leeds Rhinos in prime position to offer potential superstars marquee contracts to choose rugby league over a career in the NFL. The club already sends scouts to local athletic competitions so I don't see why it can't happen in the USA as well.