Appointment of new coach!

From the previous thread that has been locked it was interesting to read what was being said, but let’s all be a little more professional about it.

I listened to the question at the fans forum about Paul Rowley being coach.

I think Paul and Duke’s should be given the chance; they have built a good solid team, a team that wants to play for club and shirt with a spirit that’s second to none. What more can anyone ask for?

I can’t see what value any other coach could bring to this side at the moment and I would include Millward in that. I can however see what it means to other parties by obtaining the necessary coaching badges followed with a move to super duper league all at our cost. Where is the sense in that for us?

This has to be a pure hard nose business decision, emotions and feelings don’t come into it, and directors have to do what is right for the club. Yes it may have been right a few months ago to appoint a coach but with how long it’s taking to make the appointment things have changed as they always do, especially with time and business.

I hear what everyone is saying about we need a GM for super duper league but we are way off that at the moment with far more important needs to deal with.

I think we have to keep our feet firmly on the ground, work with what we have and concentrate not on spending monies we don’t have but establishing a solid financial footing for the future.

This years budget has zero contingency in it and if what KF is telling us it’s going to be a difficult year. Just to survive and pay off some of the debt we need at least 2,000 supporters every game, that’s not going to be easy considering we have lost our best gates with Widnes going into super duper league plus the unknown of Friday night attendances.

I know the cost for the coach is already in the budget but think it would be money better spent on trying to attract new sponsors and bringing back past sponsors and developing new revenue streams for the future. In other words invest in sales and marketing whose sole purpose is generating revenues for the club not the LSV as is suggested for the GM.

If this is successful just as it is for other clubs we can quickly become debt free with revenues that will enable us to implement the infrastructure necessary for super league whilst affording the coaching staff to field the very best package any club would be proud of, better still if its home grown.

We have just come through a very difficult period so let’s walk before we run otherwise we could end up who knows where!

It’s time for the board to stop applauding everyone, yes a lot of people have done a fantastic job no doubt about that, but it’s time to dig deep and put solid foundations under this great club.

I feel the board need to take the club to the next stage by announcing a 3 to 5 year strategic business plan that highlights where we are today with milestones and key performance indicators (KPI’s) so everyone knows where we are, what we need to do and how we are going to get there.

Remember people don’t plan to fail they fail to plan!