Quote: Steve May "I think the level of prestige associated with the England coaching job is amply demonstrated by the fact that we're seriously talking about the current incumbent getting a job as an *assistant* coach in the NRL in order to further his career.'"
Don't confuse what some posters on an Internet forum think of the England coaching job to how the world at large view it. I think it is the most prestigeous job going in the sport in this country, which is why I was baffled when McNamara got the job given his poor record at Bradford and his lack of coaching experience generally. In retrospect I think he got the job primarily because he was good at putting systems in place with good ideas on how to foster Team England, and England needed such things to be put in place following the debacle that was the 2008 world cup.
IMO what England needs now is for those systems and that international club ethos to continue, being fostered and developed, and a winning coach to take the team forward to the next level. Namely, winning a world cup.
Just a damn shame that 'the next step' didn't happen before what has probably been the best rugby league world cup ever held in this country so that the great home crowds could have witnessed a big victory.
