Where in my post did I try to make out Powell was a good appointment?

People are already laying into Sam because he’s inexperienced. My point was that experience guarantees nothing.

And if you’re suggesting we should only appoint a coach with a fuller trophy cabinet - I can’t see any of them beating a path to our door.

I read the BBC one,
To read the same story on 10 different sites is as pointless as playing Mata'utia

Anyone remember that tv programme Soap? Each week they went more bonkers than the last. This appointment has that sort of vibe.
Still, it’s done, and assuming he turns up for the next season I will just have to accept it, get behind the team and hope I’m as right about this as I am each week in the Prediction comp (Dear Reader I’m absolutely rubbish).

What I'm saying is we should at least look like we know what the hell we're doing. Your point was moot and would only have held water if you were talking about an experienced coach who had won something before coming to us and then got us trounced week after week while here. Powell came with no success and left with even less. So do you think the absolute best we could do was someone with zero coaching experience riding on the success of his playing days? If thats the best we could do then we might aswell fold the club now. That nobody else would touch us with a barge pole.

So basically you can’t come up with anyone else barring Wane who probably very likely turned us down. Nice argument.

Fair comment just that it does say it on that one.

There is a suggestion both Long and Gleeson coming, that’s some money on coaching if any truth in that.

if you read the Middleton press release- SB impressed with his plans. By his own admission he wants to go back to Aus as a head coach. If we’re a stepping stone to that it must be a win win situation.

Let me ask you - if not this then who?

So basically you wanna support a ludicrous hiring, like you probably supported Powell when he was given the job, and bury your head in the sand for the next 2 years until it turns out that shock horror, Burgess at best gets us into the play offs each year but nothing more. Something that I frankly have had my fill of. Just as with Powell, its GF or nothing. Non of this 'lets see how he does in year 3' no thanks. We've squandered absolutely expected success for the last 10 years. Burgess will be more of the same.

It's all about opinions though and you may be proven right but those supporting the appointment for whatever reason have just as much right to their opinion and hopes that it won't be as bad as you think

Yeah, remind me what Middletons press release was when we hired Powell and how true to his praise he turned out to be? I'm not paid to hire this clubs manager. I give my opinion on the decisions they make, not the ones they didn't because that's an unquantifiable waste of time. They hired Sam Burgess. A person with Zero success as a coach, this is also something that Middleton and co know, and decided to press on past. And so i hear you say, well there must be good reason. But must thwre? Because same people gave the reigns to Powell and are now putting him to the sword. That's what I shall base my opinion on.