I'm happy with it.
I'm enjoying the new TS this season. Not rewarding mediocrity for a change.
Anything less than a model player, your dropped! I'd like to see TS extend it with form too, other than only ever picking on either Penny, Ormsby or Riley over the last 3 years when everyone with a hole up the jackstaff know who was really lacking.
So glad he's now one our better players this year by the way, but I don't put that down to sustained selection.

But had we not have won the grand final we would have been left without a coach in October for the following season, you can't run a club like that, and can't bring in a quality replacement at the drop of a hat.

Very happy with it too. He did cop some flak last season and some of it justified but recruitment this season has been spot on with upgrades to half back and back row. There was a lot of criticism on here when he let Carvell go but injuries had caught up with him and he didn't make much of an impression after. Same with Joel Monaghan and there are 3 pages on the Cas forum where fans are not impressed. Chris Bridge missed half of last season due to injuries and much the same is now happening at Widnes. That is a lot of cap space freed up and credit where it is due.

Gave us roads.

It must be boring winning cups every year, i think i prefer our roller coaster ride.

Happy with stability, Saints have changed their coach more regularly than a Widnes fan changes his underwear and it hasn't really been an improvement has it.

grand final year before last?

As I used to tell Wigan fans in the 80's, "any fool can support a winning team". What I thought, but didn't say "...but it takes a special sort of masochist to support the Wire..."

Judging by their forum even they accept that was a fluke, certainly their play has generally deteriorated.

Best Coach in the League. Big things still to come.

i'd loving love a fluke grand final.

Although arguably, had saints had some balls that year and picked us, we would have won the GF that year, i reckon.

Yup, total fluke. Our play has deteriorated, but so have our players and both are causing the beef at the club at the moment.

Saints current senior players are arguably the worst we ever had in the last 30 years. Once Roby retires you could argue we don't have a single international quality player. Not sure how much of that is the fault of the coaches, but KC did sign Jack Owens and Dom Peyroux.

I agree that even a fluke GF is better than none (or I assume it is!).

I'm glad his contract is signed if it went on too long then speculation surrounding new coaches etc could have become a distraction and we don't need that whilst we are going quite well. I also think 2 years is the right length of contract, I'm glad that although this year it's looking rosy so far that last season hasn't been forgotten with a 5 year deal.