really?

Yep. The 2010 turnaround was magnificent, this years effort proving it was no fluke. What a job McDermott is doing.

There is an extensive thread on the Leeds forum with many more knowledgeable supporters praising their coach after initially having their doubts. Have a read of it, it's decent.

Still, I am delighted that McDermott left us and we upgraded to Rob Powell. A shrewd move

Listy if Mac had stayed at the club with the resources Powel had at his disposal, what do you think he may have achieved?

I don’t think anyone is disagreeing that Powel’s appointment was a mistake.

????

What?

Plenty. Everyone on here was pleased with the state of our squad at the beginning of this season in particular.



Nearly everyone was chuffed to bits at the time. Fools.

I don't think so.

Is this how you rate any coach? Someone that builds their own team?

If Craig Bellamy came to London, would he win a premiership in his first year or two. The answer would more than likely be NO. Would he be a shıt coach then?

Boosty-Is a coach only successful if he wins the GF? Are there not other measures?

It is possible for a coach to do a poor job at one club and great job at another. Many factors are involved.

Mac put a lot of effort in building up the youth structure and making links with the community and we are now starting to see the benefit of good young players. Mac was also taking the first team squad round various locations and inviting the local RL community to come and watch the training sessions and building further links with potential and actual supporters. Unfortunately when Mac left and in my opinion, under RP this was not carried on with the same enthusiasm and started to distance the club at least in terms of the first team from the community. Later at the Stoop for some reason the team stopped meeting the supporters in the king’s bar. I wonder if this would have happened under Mac’s watch?