they could have said he has done a fine job and deserves his chance, and he is the ideal man to bring the youth through.
not that I agree on either mind

I think we have to give the bloke a chance. No coach would've come in this season and turned us into title challengers again overnight. Given time, a full pre-season and hopefully the chance to make some changes to the squad that he wants, it may well work out. The players seem to like him and if that brings out the best in them, fair play. I don't think anyone in the game has a bad word to say about him either.

thats ok then, he is a nice bloke.
I myself would like a coach with a track record of success and bringing youth through

How dare the club try and get revenue and market themselves! It’s an outrage

And if it turns out to be a good decision?

Maybe see how it goes, there’s no guarantees with any appointments in sport.

coukdnt agree more.
but you get what you pay for in life. agar is bargain basement

Of course I'll see how it goes - we all will. Right now I think its a bad move. If I'm wrong great.

Apart from that I'm worried that the bar to define success will be set so low that a season barely better than this one will see Agar get another year.

Just like Brian McDermott..........

I think the bar has to be set realistically

And you could argue Tony Smith, what were his coaching credentials before joining us?

Didn’t he get Huddersfield relegated?

What would you say is realistically?

Challenging for the playoffs

In a 12 team comp with at least three really poor teams what is a 'realistic' objective? 5th? 6th?

Its hard to say. My worry is that we'll keep making excuses and find 8th or 9th or worse are acceptable as that's not really a long way from 5th, player X got injured etc etc.

Outstanding candidate! of course he is, depending on who you are. A director of Rugby who wants a yes man who won't ruffle feathers or someone who usually invests ££££££'s in corporate or season tickets?

Well it depends if you think Kevin Sinfield and Gary Hetherington are just egocentric and looking out for themselves or you think they are actually doing what they think is best for the club.

It’s a real shame that you and some others fall into the former category in my opinion.