IMO,we need someone to put some fire in the bellies of our squad,a Peter Fox,a Frank Foster,you wouldn't think they are fighting for survival would you?I remember someone telling me back in the day they wanted to drop Frank Foster one week,but nobody dare tell him--lol.
Passion,Fire all missing at the moment.I don't think FC is the man to instil it either.
When I see Bateman in the Wigan Team that just murdered unbeaten Saints and Whitehead running in a hat trick it makes me sick in the stomach what's happened at Odsal,caused by the clowns who ran the club into the ground.Barstewards.
Anyway,remember when Brian Smith came for a short while?It was the start of a new exciting,rewarding era.We need something similar now imo.The question is WHO would you replace Cummins with?

Two choices for me. Brian Noble, who i think we would stay up with. Or Glen Morrison.

I do want to give Cummins time after showing loyalty, but what happened on Thursday was a travesty. Wigan could be hard to watch

But surely, no more laughable than Brian Mac or Paul Anderson telling a Leeds or Hudds back that he needs to work on his pace? When it comes down to it, every coach in the league is coaching only because he can't hack it on the paddock any more. The position that Cummins played, or the way he used to play it, is irrelevant - he's the boss and I don't particularly have him down as a shrinking violet.

Glen Morrison. Yes I think he is hard enough. He would do nicely.

Glen Morrison, as nicer guy as he seems, hasn't he got less coaching experience than FC?

Doing superb job at Dewsbury and no coincidence he was on short list for NZ job

You will see plenty Mongrel next season in the Championship .

...stood with their owners at the side of the pitch.

Jimmy Lowes - must be bored to death in RU.

It's not the same. Brian Mac & Anderson played to the limits of their talents, they ran as fast as they could, putting their bodies on the line. Which is different to my reservations about Cummins as a player. I played under numerous coaches, some you would give more for.

It comers down to basic man management to me TT, and yes, I agree there are managers you would 'pull out all the stops for', and probably some you maybe wouldn't do the 'extra mile' for.

I used to work in a place that would promote managers from the shop floor, and the general opinion amongst the 'troops' was that it was [i:s9kcmg40always[/i who got promoted. However, whilst that was occasionally thrown back at the manager when they asked for 'extra' effort, usually, the better man managers could, using only their personality, take the shop floor with them.

So, it depends much more on Cummins' management skills in his own particular work area, and this ability is of more importance in taking the players with him than how he played the game, imo.