I've had a look at Coach McDermott's record with Harlequins over the SL Regular Rounds and come up with:

Played 117, Won 44, Drawn 3, Lost 70, 39%

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Home Record:
Played 57, Won 25, Drawn 3, Lost 29, 46%

Away Record:
Played 56, Won 16, Drawn 0, Lost 40, 29%

Neutral Record: (Millenium/Murrayfield Magic)
Played 4, Won 3, Drawn 0, Lost 1, 75%

That settles it then! Lets have the new South Stand built now and play at a neutral venue next season! 2 birds... 1 stone.

Playing every game at a National Rugby Union stadium appears the way to go.

Probably. I had high hopes for McNamara who had come through the "boot room" like his two predecessors, I guess as a fan I was hoping for the best and didn't really know much about his abilities. In hindsight the difference between McNAmara and Elliott and Noble was that those changes were carefully managed whereas McNamara came in a year early and had to immediately manage a transition. A number of senior players had been allowed to leave too which didn't help this, (possibly something Brian Mac will have to manage).

Looking back it's obvious that he wasn't ready for the job and was still learning. From taking over we finished lower down the table with each season (like Brian Mac at Quins) He too had problems with recruitment (like Brian Mac). Despite having the full cap to play with from 06 to 09 he made some awful signings (Tupou, Worrincy, Sheriffe etc).

In short having seen how McNamara did for us I can see paralells with Brian Mac at Leeds. The one thing you do have in your favour is that the club itself is on a firm financial footing.

I hope he does better than mcbannana, lets be fair he can't do worse!!

I hope you're wrong again but this time I think I'm minded to agree with your assessment.

The head coaching position is (in footballing terms) the most important appointment in the club, IMO. Get it badly wrong and you've no chance, almost regardless of playing personel.

It's time for all Leeds fans to be crossing their fingers and trusting in the judgement of the CEO.

so did he stop the over reliance of Aussies or not?



Ah right. So if they were any good they were the result of the previous coach and anyone good coming through now is nothing to do with Mcdermott. Ok then





So hasn't he already been found out?

Not at Leeds he hasn't...not yet.
I hope for his sake he gets a good start to the season out of the players, because if you aren't in the top half after 4 or 5 rounds of SL this board will be an interesting place to visit

Why would he need to be found out at Leeds?

Surely he will already have been found out at London.

But according to most on here...his 38% win ratio at London was down to lack of finance, no fans, bad luck, the global recession, swine flu, bird flu and the labour Govenment.......as well as having a terrible squad.

At Leeds, there is nowhere for him to hide when it all goes Pete Tong and as has been said earlier...only time will tell.

One for tvoc - what was Bluey's win rate while he was Rhinos head coach.

TIA

Just look at our last 2 coaches.


Tony Smith-Pulled up no trees at Shudds.

Bluey-NZ provincial head coach with one shining moment in the 2005 tri-nations.

Both did rather well for us.

I'm really looking forward to seeing our new extension of the Golden age under Brian Mac!