Quote mystic eddie="mystic eddie"Hmmm.
Using an example of a man who had proven success at other clubs before taking on a big job? That seems odd. Perhaps if Mr M had started lower and worked his way up in management we could have a bit more faith in his ability to get it right.
However, your point, as relevant as it may or may not be, does a sacking after three years of mediocrity represent a "knee jerk reaction"? Sir Alex Ferguson may be a good example of how things can go right eventually, but he is pretty much a one-off. The stories of failure far outweigh Mr Ferguson's pretty much solitary success story.'"
1: Sticking with seemingly under-performing managers is rare, but it does not seem any less successful than dispensing with them. Clubs that change manager frequently aren't usually associated with success.
2: Man Utd were able to attract someone with a track record because they are Man Utd. We are not, and when you get your head round that, you'll be a lot happier.
It does leave the question of how Caisley got Brian Smith over here in '96, but since then we've 'only' been able to attract unproven assistant coaches.
3: Your original claim that we have had three years of mediocrity doesn't really hold up. Who has had a better last three years than Bradford, other than Leeds and Saints. Wigan? If so, barely and while suffering far greater indignities. 3rd or 4th just is not mediocre. Ask all but two or three of the other clubs in the Super League. Ask a few left outside, like Halifax and Widnes.
You can call it spin. I call it a dispassionate assessment of reality, as opposed to living in a fantasy world where if only Hood
tried to bring in Wayne Bennett and Greg Inglis instead of settling for mediocrity, we'd be beating Leeds every other week; where going out of the play-offs in the first week is rock bottom (again, have a chat with some Halifax fans).
Quote mystic eddieMcNamara has won squat and has had the opposite effect of ferguson, taking a championship side to mid-table instead of a mid-table team to championships'"
Classic 'Attlee was crap' reasoning there. Half that championship side was out the door before or soon after McNamara took over.
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) we [iwere[/i the reigning Super League and World Club Champions when McNamara was appointed. Unofficially, that made us the best club side in the world. Perhaps there [imay[/i have been some interest in our position had the club not taken a "knee jerk" decision to quickly fill the role vacated by Nobby with an unproven understudy who was no doubt a cheap option.
