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Quote: Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza "That has absolutely no bearing on whether he'll be a good head coach or not what so ever. That's the job of the development coach or what ever they call them these days. Every club in the SUper league know with the exception of that soul less franchise in Wrexham has it's own academy churning out quality players that are filling up their own squads. My friend used to work for harlequins and she says it's the culture within the organisation as a whole from board level down. Brian McDermott has undoubtedly put his heart and a lot of work into it but so has Steve Macnamara at Bradford. I think the club need to appoint the man that will get the best out of the first team squad as a priority over everything else as if the current slump (and I'm talking about the last five years and I'm not holding Macnamara responsible for that) continues there'll be only us lot on here rattling around the Odsal Bowl by the end of next season. In that respect we need the coach to have been at winning clubs from a marketing point of view or season ticket sales could tumble.

That's the priority and the man to do it will be revealed this week.'"

And yet it has every bearing on whether he would be a good coach or otherwise.

It goes beyond stating the obvious to point out that any club would seek to appoint on the basis of maximising the potential of the current squad. It's a given.

My point on the two potentials is quite clear. Both have differing qualities and it's a coin flip as to who would be offered the role. I don't also go with this myth of needing a coach from winning clubs. Tony Smith, Brian McClennan, Nathan Brown, Michael McGuire, Matthew Elliott all candidly demonstrate this continues to be an urban myth. If it's a winning culture you are eluding to, then again, it's a split hair between them both.

For me, McDermott, but again I can't think many fans would be disappointed with either.