I'd say he was very successful at Crusaders. He took a team expected to come bottom to the playoffs. Thing is though, they clearly overspent through the year. He did quite well at Wigan but I suspect their supporters would tell you this is the club where he underwhelmed the most.



Kear? Wouldn't surprise me if he jumped ship with the rest of the rats.

Lam? Part of Wayne Bennett's coaching team.

Jowitt? A Harrisonesque choice but did well to keep Dewsbury up in a tough Championship division last year.

Please,Please No to Alker.
He is part of the coaching set up now and a fat lot of god it has done so far.
We need to get rid of the losing mentality in the club and bring in a fresh face who is keen to impress.
Bradford,Wigan,Saints, Crusaders,Harlequins have all done it and we are still stuck with a Dinosaur and a old boys network which just does not work.

As posted already, think Alan Hunte could do a great job for us, stepping into the role if Mcrea went, think he could deliver for us, he has massive respect for the club.
Another option, what about trying to entice John Cartright over here, think he could be immense for us & take us into the new stadium. I know he is doing well at Goldcoast, but he may relish coming over to take over & guide us to where we want to be.

both excellent suggestions - in particular I'd love to see John Cartwright back at Salford, one of my favourite Aussie imports as a player, even though we got him well to the end of his career

I've been saying it for ages, Cartwright would be my dream choice for coach and his contract at Gold Coast is up at the end of the season (having said that so are Des Hasler (Sea Eagles), Ivan Cleary (Warriors), Shane Flanagan (Sharks), Wayne Bennett (Dragons), Matthew Elliott (Panthers), Rick Stone (Knights), John Lang (Rabbitohs),Tim Sheens (Tigers)), but just a few things,

One: John will probably be offered new deal at the Titans or another NRL will snap him up, he's been doing a great job.

Two: Could we even afford him?

Three: Let's face it he would only come at the end of his current contract, now therein lies the problem for me, I see no point having a temporary coach for this season and then chaging again in the winter, however if he is tempted I'm sure that view could change!

How about Kevin Ashcroft, Alex Murphy or Maurice Bamford?

Could we entice Stevo away from sky?

Pie in the sky peeps. He signed a five-year deal with the Titans yesterday. We'd only have a chance of getting assistants or those out of work.

In a word no, sorry but I for one doubt Alker will ever be a Super League head coach, rather someone who carves out a brilliant career as a 2nd in command. No for me if we're going down the new younger coach road I'd look at Crompton.

As someone else has said Kear wouldn't be a bad bet now would Noble.

Can anyone really see the post being anything other than a temporary measure until the end of the season when hopefully as I've wished for before we get a big name Aussie in to take us into a new era.

Is Stankovich (or however you spell it) worth looking at?

Sod it push the boat out and get Sean Edwards back in RL, get the feeling the first RL team he coaches will be unbeatable.

Found it odd that Betts went to Widnes unless they have already been tipped off that they are the new SL franchise, if not maybe one of Salford's brightest sons would be a good call.

No chance. His stock is too high in a much higher profile sport.

Was just spit balling, would be a bit of a dream ticket for me though. Column inches and publicity alone would be beyond most news stories in RL for many a year.

Alker should leave the club.


Nothing to do with his loyalty but he needs to go somewhere he can learn. He should get in touch with John Cartwright and go an spend a year out there. His only experience of coaching has come from coaches with limited ideas.

Karl Harrison was the perfect coach for the time he arrived, I will always defend him but he was unable to adapt his game plan for year 2 which ultimetly cost him his job.

Harvey and McCormack just weren't up to the job.


McRae should go his lack of man management is evident, he should have sorted out Turner's issues he is unable to motivate his staff and players. He has added nothing to the team or the club in 3 years.

Noble for me would be a short term fix as he, like Harrison is lacking in vision.

The biggest question for me is can we afford to retain McRae? This season is all about building towards the future at Barton, carry on like we are and there will be the die hards left, not the way to start in a new stadium.

I must be missing the point a little whilst we are all saying who we would like to see in charge - the current coach is still er current.

I would like to see both him and Simms out (Simms the man brought in to help an inexperienced coach in McCormack - whats he actually done! McCormack got sacked!! Harrison got sacked!! He's still here)

Can you honestly see any self respecting coach Noble etc actually wanting the Salford job when the "Teflon Don" Simms is there hovering over your shoulder all the time????

Simms Out McCrae Out

No he wasn't. An administrative issue arose from the previous coaching regimes. Simms was brought in as a director to keep an eye over the whole footballing side of the operation.