I found this an encouraging read and how Fitzpatrick disagrees with Price on season https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... ead-coach/

I found this an encouraging read and how Fitzpatrick disagrees with Price on season https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... ead-coach/

Yes, I was suprised with the candor of some of the answers. Interesting comments about how the Kev Brown injury situation unfolded too.

We need to move away from jobs for the boys.

Pretty honest really. He is as disappointed as the rest of us.

If Price didn't think it was a failure surely he should be sacked/resign as his expectations are obviously different to that of his bosses?

Really impressed with Fitzpatrick's comments, gone right up in my estimation. No flannel but fair in all his answers - wish MPs would take a leaf out of his book.

Encouragingly realistic. Presumably he has discussed this with the owners as well.
It sounds like SP has been told in no uncertain terms what is expected, will be interesting to see what changes if any result.
Wonder how far advanced the prop search is?

How Steve can think our Super League season was not a failure is beyond me

KF answers were probably really thought out. Proper set up interview with local press. Therefore had time to get the answer he wanted out there. SP answer on the other hand could have been from an off the cuff question straight after season ended and with CC win still on his mind.

Exactly this. KF has had time to take stock and more importantly listen to the views of his customers. Why Price would admit the season was a failure is beyond me, you’re pretty much signing your own resignation letter if that were the case. Price was happy he brought the Challenge Cup back to Warrington but disappointed in how the season finished I’m sure.

Season a failure? What nonsense, who is this guy?, CEO?, CEO doing what exactly.

I am certainly very content with winning the Challenge Cup, and against out local rivals, absolutely massive.

Maybe what KF is hinting at is he was a failure in not acting to replace Brown after such a serious injury, because in not doing so , and coupled with the other injuries we picked up, that effectively put paid to any Grand Final ambitions this year .

He states Super League season was a failure. Not the season as a whole.

Its more a disappointment with the dross that was served up especially the 2nd half of the season..in sp defence he's taken us to 3 out of 4 finals..winning only one..not fantastic..next season with widdop gelling hopefully more front row forwards that want to perform for us..for sp next season is make or break...

The issue is not winning the CC, nor failing to win the GF (or finish top 2 even), it lies in-between. It's the poor quality Rl for most of the season, with lots of errors, a clueless attack, two underused wingers and a pack incapable of getting the ball up-field once Coops and Hilly were off. Other than signing Widdop, what else has changed so far ? At least KFP seems to understand the challenge, but it doesn't sound as though Price does.

Actions always speak louder than words with this sort of thing.

You see it a lot with politicians - they look to win favour from the public by saying what they think the public are thinking, acknowledge all the problems, and then do nothing about it. Theresa May did that all the time - she took office talking about 'burning injustices', helping the 'just about managing', saying it was a disgrace that home ownership was unaffordable, and then had literally no policies designed to tackle any of those things. After a while, people realised it was just empty talk to try to win popularity.

Now, if KF was talking tough about how disappointing the season was in the context of big changes, it would be a different thing. If he was bringing in a new head coach and new coaching set up and announcing new signings, and was saying "I appreciate this may seem surprising after we won the Challenge Cup, but I didn't think we achieved up to our potential last year and I didn't think that set up was the best way for us going forward" then that would seem more credible.

What I fear with this is that KF is going to say this is unacceptable at the moment, but plans to basically repeat the same thing next year just with Widdop. What will he be saying if in a year's time we basically repeat the same story in the league but don't win the Challenge Cup? Will KF be resigning his position? Or will he be giving an interview stressing the 'positives', giving explanations for why the luck didn't go our way, talking about his ambition for 2021...?

However, before I get too negative about it, fair play to KF for talking openly and actually trying to answer the questions that will be on fans' minds in that interview. You often see CEOs fall in to corporate "lines to take" for the press but he hasn't. I guess that is where coming from a background of being an ex pro rather than just an outsider from the world of business, is good, he is grounded and understands how rugby league fans think and can communicate to them, so respect for that.