John Kear's loyalty should be to John Kear. As soon as anyone does something for a living, they have to look after themselves, and people who think otherwise are putting their own self-interest first. I doubt it is anything about being money mad, but simply doing what we would all do in his situation, and provide himself with some security and a new challenge. What do people expect him to do, not bother about himself and just find himself on the dole in a years time if we don't get a franchise?

He would not have applied for the job if he didn't want it, and if he is mad at the club for not letting him go, then you can hardly blame him, but on the other hand, he is also a professional rugby league coach, and I would expect that regardless of the Catalan job, he will do his utmost to carry on his coaching at Wakefield. As far as I know, he hasn't thrown his teddies out of the cot, and now that this has been resolved, I'm sure he'll go back to drumming his fingers and barking into his headset at Belle Vue. Maybe this will even spark an upturn in the season.

Complete Tosh was the word used, and this ain't made up.

I can't help but feel that he has to come public and say that he was interested but feels he has to complete what he has started and get us to newmarket/stanley

I'd rather he didn't do that, since it would be a big fat lie.

I can't help but feel he should get the team playing decent rugby and focus on winning the next game. That's what we pay him for.

better pension and holidays

and you would of got away with it if it wasn't for that pesky forum

Would be nice to see the club now seek to resolve the issue by offering a better contract to him to entice him to stay. Put the issue to bed, and announce a new beginning from here onwards.

Hard to do without a secure future.

I'm sorry, he's shown his true colours now and the only option is to split.

The club will always owe him a debt of gratitude for staving off relegation four years ago but 10 defeats in the last 11 suggest the magic is no longer working. And that the players no longer listen.

Knowing he wants to leave should bring about a swift parting of the ways.

I do think that it could go either way for JK now, the ones that want him out, there mind is already made up, his supporters though may see this as a attempted jumping of ship, and he could well lose some support.
The thing is who in their right mind would not want to jump ship at the moment, if anyone on here was looking at an uncertain future at work, they would also be looking for another job, the fact that he is one of the top coaches also means other clubs will be trying to get him.
Personally I think he did the right thing, it didn't come off, basically because the club forced the contractual compensation angle, and he will have to get his head back down.
He still wants to go, he is still wanted elewhere, but the club won in the end, as they should have done with tronc and brough!!
Maybe he wouldn't have been so ready to leave then?!?!

It also makes recruitment for 2011 that little bit more difficult, especially if working with Kear was the draw for any potential signing.

The issue with regards to showing him the door is financial. The club can not afford to pay him off.

Message for Mospey Lives On - I have signed up only to show my frustrations at you! Why only come on here to slag John off? And more to the point, why did you apply for the Head of Youth job at Wakefield last year, if you hate John, Ted, Johns family etc so much?? Is it bitterness because you was unsuccessful? The Club doesn't need fans like you. You even turn positives into negatives. More to the point, we never see your face at the Audience With nights. It's alright coming on here and slating John, Ted etc but would you seriously say it to them, no you wouldn't! Hope you have a fantastic life RH!!