Quote: leedsnsouths "I think he gets alot of stick because his first season saw us play some of the worst rugby a Leeds team had played in a long time, I agree he has not been lucky though, his squads have been arguably worse than Wire saints and wigan at times
I think he seems to be a good man manager and has done extremely well to hang on to players like Hall over a period when even the Aussie press were calling him a world XIII player
Where he does deserve some stick imo is in some of the bizarre and uncoventional decisions he makes, especially regarding interchanges, a policy that has cost us games numerous times- see Cas last year where we only used 1 sub until the 51st minute'"
Numerous times? You fail to mention the many times he has prepared the team so well for numerous big games with bespoke game plans, or how he has introduced and developed younger players or successfully managed the ongoing transition of aging stars. Neither do you record that he inherited a squad that had lost it's winning ways and was playing poor rugby the previous season.
No coach or player can be free of human errors and mistakes and often decisions that appear bizarre and unconventional from the stands are founded on inside knowledge regarding fitness and training ground form.
What you cannot deny are his record breaking achiements and his ability to develop the team to play outstanding and attractive winning rugby. These are the big picture points that dwarf differing views with regard to interchanges.
