I really liked the Chambers appointment. I'd heard him speaking about rugby before & knew his undoubted love of the Wire. Any outsider was, in my view, more of a risk. I think we have a very high profile coach which ought to help with recruitment ... though I think money usually talks. Chambers has been in post for a while now. If we just judge by results he's done OK ... just think what position we were in when he was appointed. He was a good call. Everyone is striving to be like Wigan ... and most are miles off.

Yes fair enough. Time will tell if it bears fruit.

So long as we are hard to beat and play with guts and determination to the end of the game the DNA will be restored.

Just listened to it and there are a few points that i found strange overall.
He had a big love in for Steve Price and reckoned we were really strong in the period, especially defencively. That strikes me a bit as we had the alledged tiff when he barged past him down the tunnel. We also had a few poor runs under Price and we just could not get over the line with a GF win. Coops seemed to think we should have built on that era with a new coach and not rip everything up like Powell did. We all know Powell was a disaster. But looking back at the time i think fans were happy for him to come in and rip everything up as we wanted a winning culture. We now know Powell couldn't deliver that or went about it the wrong way. But without hindsight he probably was the best fit at the time.
Interesting to hear his thoughts on the subject of Powell and his poor signings etc. He clearly had a bad opinion of the local players which Coops didn't like. It's a shame he left in the way that he did. I suppose once he moved to Wigan he realised what a winning culture looks like. And you can see that the club was run as a bit of a joke for a while ie those Fitzpatrick gimmicks and social media posts.

The podcast never asked the question why we bombed 3 home playoffs in a row if all was peachy under Price. We must remember this is one side of the story. The truth will usually be somewhere in the middle.

"Once he moved to Wigan he realised what a winning culture looks like" - this is exactly my point on the DoR position.

Good point, there are always two sides to a story in these situations, I like to hear both before making a judgement. Now I have not listened to this podcast but from the comments made it strikes me odd that under Price it’s said he says it was peachy but it’s also said about bombing out early each time.

So I’m looking at that and thinking oh we were happy having a good time getting paid etc and did not bother about where we finished and that was the culture here. Then he says he saw what a winning culture was at Wigan, I’m guessing they take you out of that comfort zone and made you work harder ? Clearly Powell got it wrong and now under Chambers and Burgess we get it right.