So did I.

Could be a smart idea to publicly announce Rick Stones involvement in the club won't be renewed next season though he'll be staying on to finish his contract and put himself out there for future work.
It will
A) Give Ken proper time on who will best fit the club and negotiate terms. (Not a desperate hiring)

B) Give more coaches time to put there name forward.

and

C) Give our players an incentive to put themselves on the map.. The uncertainty of who the coach is should keep them playing for a chance of first team action next year.

Stone signed Mamo and Wakeman, he asks for or players and thewlis goes and signs them, he didn’t ask for Roche, Walne or brough re signing. If your agent is Martin shuttleworth chances are you will be at giants at some time. Those standing up for thewlis need to realise he is holding the club back, he is inept at his job and seems untouchable

Nail on the head ! Glad someone else knows the real story

I kind of do blame Ken Davy. I’d like to think that if I were him, I could see what’s going on right in front of my face and do something about it.

If what you say is true then Rick stone is a liar.

Rick Stone has to play the club card a little else he will get fired!

Like posts state above, the problem is Thewlis, he seems untouchable (family friend of Davy). Stone has fought to gain some control regards signings etc.

Stone is a good guy and has done a great job turning this club around and getting us into the top 8 last year.

This season has been disappointing so far as has the style of play. I would not call for his head but something needs to happen one way or another.

Tony Smith is an obvious choice if the club decide to go that way. Although any big name target would not turn up for Thewlis to do what he is doing and the club not spend the full salary cap.

I was told he pushed on with the signings of Clough, Ferguson and Gaskell which were moves without any coach input.

All three represented by shuttleworth, young lads in academy been told to get an agent and make sure it’s shuttleworth, that way thewlis gets them to take the deal he wants as shuttleworth is only agent he deals with unless forced to deal with someone else

Stone had no idea who Gaskell, clough and Ferguson were when he arrived, he wanted to bring uate over as he was out of favour at knights at time

Yet if the next few performances and results continue in the same vein as thursday it’s Stone who will pay and the next man in will be left with mediocrity ( Smith Gaskell etc ) on long term deals.

For what it’s worth I agree that Stone is a decent bloke but def not a winning coach ( see his record) but I can’t see anyone decent wanting to work under the present regime. We need total change and quick

But stone has stated- more than once- that he decides who is signed not thewlis. So someone is lying. Either stone. Or the person, who told the person, who told the person, who told you.

Can stone come out and say I don’t want that player here? He has to work with them and get the best out of them, thewlis has always signed the players, coaches have a wish list they bring to him and if they really push a player eg Mamo they get them but that’s few and far between

From an outsider's perspective signing a bunch of players that failed with us wasn't going to help your cause.

worked well when we said nathan brown was leaving at the end of the season!