Cunningham

Quote: Dezzies_right_hook "Unfair comparison as Cunningham is a club hero and would have been afforded more time as most saints fans and the club would have desperately wanted him to work out like we did with Cullen , they saw that it was very unlikely that he will win them some silverware in the near future and let him go. Could he return yes most likely, he should never have been given the job in the first place.

reading back some of the posters would give smith a job for life just for getting us to finals !! No requirement to win them just to get there, that's a small club mentality which we need to move away from the grand final victory should be our target every season and anything but is a failure, not the end of the world sack the coach rebuild failure but failure all the same. I'd hazard a guess that over the time smith has been here we would have spent £50m+ Certainly a fair chunk of change and failed to win the gf he has won 3 cc and 2lls so we're paying approx 10m for a trophy acceptable for a gf win maybe but not the second and third their trophy !! I refuse to boast the final defeats as any kind of success or something to be proud of because we did not win them often as favourites and have lead them too !

Not calling for smiths head even if we win the gf I still believe his time is nearing an end and that if someone the club has identified as a suitable replacment becomes available we should make a move hat too does not mean smith leaves the club. He has given us good memories and we've seen some great rugby played under his leadership not in question.'"

Of course it's an unfair comparison, but, I made it in direct response to Wires71 post, particularly where he (I'm paraphrasing here) tells the 'challenger' (to his opinion) that Smith must be judged on what other coaches have won the previous season it's a mitigating circumstance apparently and then goes on to tell us that being above us this season isn't good enough for go ahead ambitious Saints.
They are so ambitious that they have sacked their coach for not winning anything this season it's just not good enough!!

I agree that TS is nearing the end of his tenure but I could also be seen as a staunch, almost blind faith Smith supporter by some, in truth I'm not I just don't always agree (it's allowed both ways) about the measure of success. or what I think is in the club's best interests as far as this most important of positions is.

By all means the club should and will relieve Smith of his duties, but, please let it be planned, let it be when the time is right and let it be when we have a successor lined up. After all succession planning is pointed out as one of his biggest failures, I hope the club's hierarchy do better when the time comes