I was definitely a doubter but am now a convert to the BM fanclub.

Results speak for themselves, and he's the most successful coach in the club's history. It really is as simple as that.

if we had drawn at hudds and lost at old trafford what would the consencsus be ?

BUT we didn't draw at Huddersfield, nor did we lose in the Grand Final! Such conjecture gets us nowhere. We won the lot and it is ultimately all about results. I have been going down to HQ since 1975 and have never known a season like the one which has just ended.

IBWT

In Brian We (Must Surely) Trust. He has earned the right.

Didn't Shaun Wane say something similar in the televised build up to the WCC a season or two ago?

If Sinfield consistently had a 50/60% kicking percentage we'd think he was a rubbish kicker.....he doesn't though does he.

poor analogy
the kicking is in sinfield's own hands (feet) if he that% he wouldn't be kicking.

Brian had no contol over dannys genius and the bounce of the ball.

did powell take the fall for the decision at cardiff

did brian survive by wigans decision at ot

Same with all good leaders. You need to be able to devolve part of the responsibility to those you lead.

Once a player leaves the dressing room, there is little a coach can do to influence their performance though. They can't make them put that extra little sprint in to make a vital tackle, or push up on the shoulder of the ball carrier to support a break. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

It's why I think coaches get too much stick when things go wrong, and too much credit when things go well. They are a cog in the machine that delivers the ultimate matchday performance, but just one. So many other variables go into success or failure.

What would James Webster have been able to do at Wakefield, had he been given the squad at the start of the season that Brian Smith finished it with as an example?

Seriously? I think he'd still have a job had we lost by a Hull KR-esque 50-0.

You can say that about any coach/manager that they have no control over the bounce of the ball or the decisions the opposition take.

Man Utd better take down Alex Ferguson's name off that stand because he never scored those goals or saved those shots.

You really do sound very bitter about the guy to the point of being embarrassing.

bitter? no.
just asking a q and answering your statement

the dark days of peter fox were bitter

I find it ridiculous that people are suggesting He would have lost his job had we not won the league leaders or the GF. We'd have overachieved on many peoples in the media and on here for that fact predictions. Sure it would have been disappointing but it would still have been a relatively successful season.

Wonder how many of these said posters were also in the gang baying for sinfield to get dropped earlier this season, look how that turned out........

Well I would hope that supporters would have sufficient rugby acumen to see how well the team has played over the season and the obvious input from the coach. You could also take into account the entertaining style Mac has produced and how he got the players up off the floor after the post Wembley defeats.

So had we not won anything other than the Cup he would still have been in for the coach of the season award on merit.

That you ask the question would indicate that you judge the coach purely on trophies (which is sad) but as we won the lot - all three then I do not understand why you pose the question in the first place



May I ask you to answer your own question?