Quote: Red John "Well, we could start with the premise that we need a new coach. Obviously, Salford haven't torn up trees this season, but is that really the coach's fault? Apart from one season, we weren't much cop under Karl Harrison or Steve McCormack or John Harvey or ... how far back do you want to go? At what point do you start to think that the coach isn't necessarily the problem?
To be honest, I don't know if Shaun McRae is a good coach or not, and, I suggest, neither do you. What we do know (because the club has said so) is that we have been operating well below the salary cap (one rumour is that Salford have been operating on 40%). Could that not be a major factor?
However, if you decide that a new coach is required, is Brian Noble really the man? Wigan fans didn't seem to be too upset when he was replaced, and could you really say they haven't been a whole bunch better under Michael McGuire? Brian Noble's style of coaching is to play the percentage, grinding stuff that so many people on here complain about, except he's been more successful because he's had better players to do it with. I remember one Wigan fan at the time saying that Brian Noble relied on individual brilliance rather than teamwork. I'd add "and conning penalties out of referees too". Is that really what you want?'"
I heard it was about 70%.
