Quote: Saddened! "The lack of experience thing was something we all called when KC was appointed. Having an older head, who has been around the block and built up a wealth of game and man management experience is clearly the right thing to do when the rest of the coaching team is so raw. The thing is though that you cannot do it retrospectively. If we brought in Wayne Bennett style guru, even a John Kear (Who would be more our level of cheapness) now it would just undermine Cunningham. I don't think the players respect KC as it is now, if they brought someone else in they would do even less. So not viable, not at all.
McManus probably knew this would happen, he just doesn't care. He tried to do things on the cheap as he always does and it's come back to bite him. He can now choose between sacking KC or suffering for the next two seasons and we all know he'll take the second option as he's gutless.
First thing the club needs to do is improve recruitment. Sack whoever is involved in that now and get someone in with proven contacts who can identify and attract the right players. Cunningham's hands are tied slightly by the lack of quality at the club, but I suspect he was involved in their signing in the first place. The likes of Dawson, Owens, Tasi and Peyroux should never have been signed and have come with his backing. His use of players and his man management both seem in question and whilst it's hard to judge his tactics with these players, it doesn't seem a particularly effective style we're playing with. Both offensively and defensively we've had major issues this season and it's hard to say that we're progress, almost two years into his reign.
For me he has to go. The players aren't happy, you can tell that from their body language and effort. Once that happens and the fans turn, it's nigh on impossible to claw your way back. But McManus hasn't got it in him to sack KC. His contract extension at the start of the year was a bizarre move and leaves us chained to KC for the next couple of years as McManus will not pay the money to see him depart.
Tony Smith has just signed a new deal at Wire by the way.'"
Recruitment is a major problem over the last two years. Brown got most of his signings spot on and they played for him and we was back up as contenders and won the grand final. It seems KC has brought in some real shockers in peyroux, Owens, Tasi etc and it's set us back years .
