All is not well across the way then!

I wonder were Oswald Copperpot is going to end up?

So, do Diskin & McDermott not get along then.

Certainly that move now seems to make more sense.

Wonder whats gone on?!

I wonder how the leeds lot will twist this into a good thing for there club.

Rumours have been knocking around in club circles for a while that McLennan wasn't quite the coach the Leeds fans seemed to think.

Leeds had plenty of success under him, but then so did Wigan under John Dorahy, who was patently useless, and Graeme West, who, though everyone liked him, was never seen as a great innovator or strategist.

A well-oiled machine can run itself for a couple of years, but eventually starts to break down. I think that partly explains Leeds in 2010.

Put it this way, his repacement doesnt exactly fill me with dread from a Wigan point of view

Very Strange....

Not convinced about McDermott, but time will tell.

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according to 'rumours' he's off to Bradford

Bit of a strange situation. Rumours have been circulating for some time that Uncle Fester was not that popular behind the scenes. An interesting point is this: Did Cummins, Poaching, Diskin et al leave because of Fester? Or because McDermott was coming?

I prefer McDermott as a person; however he hasn't really done anything with Quins during his tenure and his appointment does not exactly feel me with fear.

As for the the Leeds fans who think that he is a good signing, a question: Who was the last British coach to win SuperLeague (and I mean British by birth - not by citizenship)

Hits the nail on the head.

Some would disagree, but for me McClennan never got the best out of his players, and didn't seem particularly astute tactically. We were a much better team on paper in 2010 than on the field with persistent indiscipline.

Not sorry to see him go personally, looking forward to what McDermott will bring.

Odd one that, fancy Leeds appointing a head coach from the bottom of the table club and suggesting he's what they want!

Particularly when most coaches who've won anything recently have come from the NRL, Leeds chances off success under McDermott don't look that great.

Sure is going to be interesting to see how Leeds go though. We've benefited from Maguire's cutting edge knowledge brought over from the NRL to get ahead of the game. Leeds with Brian in charge won't have that boost next year that we and Saints will.

The whole story stinks a bit if you ask me. I'll give McDermott about 3 months before he's sacked...

I think we have to be fair and admit that McDermott has been hamstrung at Harlequins by lack of funds and lack of players. However, though he's undoubtedly a top bloke, he's never struck me as being a great intellect of the game.

It would be good if it worked out for him, but I'm not convinced by this appointment. Passion from the big guy will certainly get Leeds some distance, but if Wigan had announced that Madge was going home for 2011 and that McDermott was replacing him, I would have been too disappointed for words.