So, Iestyn appointed head coach. One RL reporter saying on Twitter that Nobby 'left' this morning. Dr Koukash tweeting that he's been 'offered the job of "Director of Football". Any views, fannies?

Very strange decision and not what Salford need at all.
That's no criticism of Harris just Salford needed stability.

The Dr had to learn success won't just magically appear, he's got to give it time.
A step backward for Salford in my opinion.

Some people benefitted from Nobles appointment.
Sadly the owner,the fans and Brian Noble are not.
Harris MAY turn things round,but the tools at his disposal currently are not the sharpest or newest in the box.
I don't think I am alone in seeing this happen.

I remember the opening day of the season when Wakefield travelled to Salford. After watching Salford narrowly beat Trinity, I stayed and listened to Dr Koukash, who lavished praise on Noble and called him the biggest and most important signing for Salford.

6 weeks down the line the Dr's changed his mind dramatically! The side simply isn't as good as Koukash believes, heck they've Tommy Lee at hooker! I don't think any coach would have them any higher in the league table especially considering it's basically a completely new squad.

Noble wouldn't have made them champions or top 4 challengers, but he would have stabilised them and probably got them contesting the top 8 which I believe to be a success

I bet Phil Clarke is feeling like a complete d***head.

Koukash is obviously an impatient man.

Noble, unless he is independently wealthy, should take the Director of Rugby job until someone else comes a calling for him.

Harris may have learned something from Shaun Wayne, who is obviously a very good coach. But the question that remains to be answered is whether he has learned enough to improve the side's performance, compared to what Noble could have done. The key thing is that the team is newly assembled, and needs time to gel.

The lesson out of all of this is, if you are looking for job tenure, never apply for a job with Dr Koukash.

Strange timing for all of this as well - it's not usual to sack <ahem> transition a coach after a dramatic extra time win against a team who had comprehensively beaten them just a week before ... Is it?

You'd of thought, the players, fans and club would be riding the high of that win for the coming weeks, all this does is bring everyone crashing down to earth

Harris is a poor coach and not what Salford need at all. TBH I doubt he'll last more than 6-8 months in the job.

So the 'good doctor' sacked Phil Vievers after 5 games, and has now 'removed' Brian Noble after 7 games ! Nothing against the guy at all, but he hasn't a clue how a 'sports club/team' should be run. What the hell is he expecting from Salford, he hasn't bought an 'all star xiii' full of top internationals. In truth, has improved the team a lot, but there are only a handful of players that 'say' teams who finished in the top 5 of SL last season, would want themselves. A few are 'past their best' although still good players.
Don't envy Iestyn Harris at all.....how long will Dr Cluecash give him ????

With the squad at Salford, I don't quite know what the Dr was expecting. It's a team that, at best, will be in contention for 8th place (and that's aided by poor Wakefield, Bradford and London teams) and they're currently 9th.

Unless Noble himself wanted a move away from coaching and so instigated this himself (very unlikely) then it's a very strange move.

Dr Koukash has said that he made the decision to remove Noble from his position.

Maybe he thinks its like football where you have to sack the manager/coach if you have spent x amount of money and arent runnign away with the league !!

Their squad on paper is not that good when all's said and done - not quite the superstars he promised !

He has subsequently tweeted that since his wife was not successful in her bid for Bradford, she is now going to spend the money on any players that Harris may need, suggesting that RU players do not count on the cap.

Maybe Koukash has come to believe that Nobby's choice of team wasn't so good? Koukash paid for that team and is therefore entitled to expect players capable of producing to his expectations. It would appear, for example, that he has two very hard working forwards in the two Salford lads (one being a very old lad!) but Puletua, for example, was a bad choice - I could have told Koukash that for free! So this decision may not be simply results driven.

I believe the rule is that Union players wouldn't count on the cap for the first year and then 50% of their salary the 2nd year. With clubs restricted to a max of 2 of these players.

Harris will be gone before August, koukash is clueless about the sport.