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The same old "name a better person" argument. Why is it that some people feel the need for an alternative to be named rather than accept an opinion that the present man is not good enough?'"
Because they recognise that while it may very well be true that Wayne Bennett could do a better job than Steve McNamara, if Bennett is not interested in the job then it is irrelevant to whether McNamara should stay on. What is relevant is who is out there that the club could realistically attract that could do better. You haven't got an answer and you never have had an answer. When people have had a go, their answers have been laughable - Ellery Hanley, Karl Harrison, people whose careers in RL coaching have given no indication whatsoever that they would do a better job than McNamara. They recognise that sacking your coach without having any idea of a replacement is like jumping out of your boat in the middle of the ocean because the ocean liner that just passed you is much better. Bad news my friend, it isn't stopping, and that looks like a dorsal fin heading towards you.
Quote mystic eddieOf [icourse[/i replacing 75% of the team is more difficult than replacing 50% of it. Even more difficult when you have a coach with a poor record in regards to recruitment.
However. Lets look at Wigan - the side that faced us a couple of weeks before Nobby left....
Ashton, Calderwood, Richards, Vaeliki, Dallas, Orr, Moran, Seuseu, Higham, Hargreaves, Tickle, Fletcher, O'Loughlin
Subs Wilkes, Prescott, Godwin, Jonkers
and the team that knocked us out of the play offs last season...
Mathers, Calderwood, Phelps, Carmont, Richards, Barrett, Leuluai, Fielden, Higham, Coley, Hansen, Bailey, J. Tomkins.
Subs: Paleaaesina, Hock, O'Carroll, Smith
Interestingly, three players played in both games - it seems that Nobby has dealt with his new broom a bit better than McNamara has done. Especially when you consider what they both inherited.'"
This is the same Wigan side that have conceded fifty to Saints and Leeds at home? Got beaten 34-4 by Huddersfield at home? Lost a Challenge Cup semi-final to a side 11th in the Super League table at the time? Finished well below Bradford in the table two years out three?... yeah, they got a fluke win at Odsal last year and a more convincing, albeit video ref assisted one this, but if Bulls had had the same last three years that Wigan have had, you'd still be spitting chips and calling for McNamara's head. I'd say that Noble (your selection for comparison who is, let's remember, the most successful coach in the history of both the club and the game in the Super League era) and McNamara are experiencing similar difficulties in a rebuilding process and are experiencing roughly similar levels of success.
