At the moment I'd go with:
1- Maguire - changed not only Wigan, but SL as a whole
2- Smith - great track record
3- Brown - built a team that consistently challenges for top 3/4
4- Matterson - doing a great job to improve things at Cas
5- Simmons - inherited a good team, but nevertheless got them playing well now
6- Robinson - brought in some good players, starting to gel now
7- Powell - young coach with some of his own ideas & doing better than McDermott could, despite losing a few 'key' players
8- McDermott - mixed results so far, but doing well to bring the youth through
9- Morgan - poor form at present, but should get them playing later in the year
10- Harris - a bit early to tell, but is passionate about league in Wales
11- Potter - don't rate him, seemed somehow out of his depth at Saints
12- McCrae - built a decent squad, but yet to get them playing (except glimpses)
13- Kear - don't rate him, all talk and no trophies
14- Agar - disliked by his own fans says it all

You might want to rethink that one mate. He has two challenge cups as head coach (Sheffield '98 and Hull FC '05) and one more as assistant (Wigan '02). He's gone downhill alot in the last half-decade but if my team was the underdog in a cup final there's no one I'd want in the dressing room more than John Kear.

Fair enough, although I did mean at Wakefield.

Do you really think he can take Wakey to the Cup final???

Could anyone?

No, I don't think Wayne Bennett could take Wakey to the final, so talking about Wakey's lack of trophies under Kear is redundant.

I rate Maguire more than Smith because Maguire uses his head and thinks of new techniques whereas Smith is a quality coach but copies techniques rather than invent .

Alright Grimmy, chill out man. You're the one who started talking about him being a coach at a cup final!

Say what you like about Kear's past record, and he may be a good motivator in a cup final situation, but the fact is that SL has moved on and Kear hasn't! OK, he's not had a stable financial situation at Wakey, but give him the best players in SL, and I still feel that he couldn't take them to the top of the league, because his coaching is out of date, and he's refused to embrace the way the game is played these days.

I'd agree with this, Maguire definatley invented the chicken wing and the calf cruncher, if he keeps coming up with these techniques we'll be asking what his special recipe is!

Dont tell Solomona about chicken wings and calf crunchers otherwise he'll think KFC have come up with a new meal deal.

1. Smith - incredibly difficult to separate the first two, but more trophies as HC over a longer period and with different teams just swings it.
2. Maguire - only beaten because the body of work as HC is less than a season and a half, albeit a great 18 months.
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3. Brown - taking Huddersfield in the right direction, year on year.
4. Potter - excellent record at Catalans, maintained the status quo at Saints where the decline was already setting in and slowly turning round a poor Bradford side.
5. Morgan - recruits well, has a team that can beat anyone on their day, but lacks consistency.
6. Matterson - making great progress with Cas and improving constantly.
7. McDermott - overrated and not good enough to step into McClennan's shoes at Leeds.
8. Simmons - difficult to judge so far - couple of good performances and a couple of shockers.
9. Robinson - as above.
10. Powell - as above.
11. Harris - no huge drop off from Noble, but still relatively unproven.
12. Kear - bitter has been, now known more for sad rants than coaching skills.
13. McRae - has been, but less likely to motivate his team in a one-off game than previous.
14. Agar - finds a way to make a mediocre team out of an excellent squad. Clueless buffoon.

Kear and Agar joint bottom !