The world has yet to hear about the person who gave 100% for every single second of their working life yet we appear to expect RL players to be outside of the norm just because they are paid to play sport. They are human beings exactly the same as you or I with hopes, dreams, habits, behaviours, motivations etc that are similar if not the same.



It doesn't matter whether you think he's rubbish or not. If as you're suggesting (and there is no evidence to support that viewpoint) the players didn't respond to his coaching then you have to consider possible reasons from both sides and not just from the coach's POV. Motivation isn't just geeing the lads up during oranges for ten minutes, it comes down to lots of things and one of these is actual development. I'm not saying this is the case (because there are a thousand other scenarios out there) but using it as a feasible example. I've worked under with bosses who are nice but have no idea what they're doing and what usually happens is that their gets demotivated, dispirited, disillusioned etc. If there's no improvement an organisation will normally make a decision to replace that person. There are times when player power should prevail but sincerely doubt that Saints haven't thought this through thoroughly. If Brown is announced as coach within the next few days (as Andy Wilson appears to be suggesting) then there's a good argument out there to say this was more pre-planned than first appeared.

So it's settled then.

Mike rush joins tony smith, wayne bennet, craig bellamy....and richard agar as an [iuber[/i coach.

He's world class

What [iis it[/i that you want us to say?

There are 2 guarantees to a super league season. The first is that Saints will hand the Rhinos a heavy defeat.

The second is that leeds will beat Saints when it really matters

Seem to remember being sat next to some reprobate to see the defending champs concede 50 at home in 2002, so I am glad that tally might not even make the medals for this sort of thing.