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.

Don't believe a word MBBB says. It's 11.15 not 11.00.

If it's McDermott forget the next few years, it just seems to me that the management have NO idea on how to take the club forward, watch thfan base drop next year.

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No they have come up with a scheme where everyone who doesn't renew their season ticket has to explain, in person, to McDermott why they aren't. Remember they have your address.

so basically we have guardian and league weekly saying mcdermott, daily star,daily mail and league express saying potter, oz press saying jason taylor. bearing in mind last week daily star was saying taylor and guardian was saying noble. Plus barrie mcdermott on superleague show saying noble would be coaching a west yorkshire team next year.

At the end of the day they are all guessing and hoping they get it right imo. Hopefully board will make a decision and make it public by end of the week as the uncertainty isnt helping us at all.

And hopefully whichever club the new coach is currently coaching will let him go early.

If it is Potter I can't see Saints letting him go early.

Me neither. Quins may let McDermott just because their season is even more over than ours, but I agree, Saints aren't gonna let Potter go while they've got a chance of winning the league (and cup).

That won't happen. Rightly or wrongly.

I will predict that the man who will get the job will have won 2 Grand Finals, adored by the fans at his former club, has a great attitude and highly respected by players he coaches. As to which continent he reigns from, who knows

Why have a coach whose current team had continually been lower in the league than the bulls, and has no signs of progressing further!! if this is taking the team forward I am stunned.

depends who saints have lined up as his successor. there is talk of his assistant purtill stepping up. If theres anything in that then they may be prepared to make the change early and save potters wage for remainder of year. Likewise if they are bringing an overseas coach in he may be available already and they could take option of letting him have remainder of this season to look team and get a head start.

Its all guessing at this stage though.

I just can't believe they'd allow that kind of disruption at this stage in the season. But like you say, it's all a guessing game at the moment.