That's the problem, I couldn't and neither could you.

Being a terrace coach which so many seem to be you included is the easiest job in the world - no consequences. Being a real coach like Kear is for real men - hope I'm clear on that.

What is relevant is that saints have always changed their coach after two or three seasons (in a structured way)
don't think it has done them any harm do you ?

My take on the coaching scenario is this, (and Vastman and Tricky, have both valid points) the last two seasons have ended up as a write off as far as ideal coaching and playing conditions go.
From that view point it is a little unfair to judge JK, who i think prior to this period had done a very good job.
Look at Hull KR, Morgan was the blue eyed boy of coaching a few years ago, and i would argue has far better conditions to do his job under, yet he flatters to deceive and his job is "reportedly" under threat. JK on the other hand is largely respected and is commonly linked with other jobs, that says quite a bit.
In JKs defense he was always going to be having to play the percentages this year, and as far as i am concerned if we get through it in one piece, we will have one at least 6 more SL games than many of us thought, and for that he deserves some credit.
Come next year we have a clear fork in the road, SL or Championship:

Super League, given a good playing budget, can he do more than over achieve with under achievers, can he take us a step beyond where we are, can he coach players of higher skills successfuly and can he do it consistently?

Championship, is he the man to develop a young exiting team of local/british players to develop us to become a SL side once again, a change from bottom to top in the club as a developer of fine players, or does he consider himself a SL coach and will he not be interested?

For me, the answer to both is yes, in SL he needs to be given a real chance under the right conditions to show that he is the man for us, but with a real threat of failure. If we are to find ourselves in the Championship, and we can keep him, i think he is the man to bring long term improvement to our club in a less intense environment and then perhaps have another crack at SL or to move into a more general role.

I'm the most un-knowldegeable and unintelligent person I know!

FWIW I tend to agree with Jack in a Box (a coach should only be in place for so long) - and having witnessed the performances at Salford and Quins I do think that we are failing to make the most of the limited resources we have. Now whether that is down to coaching, lack of talent or even that the vultures are surrounding the players trying to pick off the best ones for next season and filling their heads with tales of woe in the championship, I can't be at all sure.

I do think something needs shaking up on the coaching side and, with all due respect to Mr Broadbent who has done a fine job for the club, I have to say I was disappointed that the club didn't take the opportunity to bring in fresh blood into the backroom and bring some new ideas to the club. Perhaps that may turn out to be one of Kear's biggest mistakes - who knows?

OK, and what Saints coach in recent memory has taken over the bottom club or had most of his best players sold from under his nose in the close season. Come on it's hardly like for like is it. I'd agree to some extent if we were a stables club.

Edited for accuracy.

As for your comment about it being pathetic me using TRB's opinion for credibility - I don't need to and replying to any other poster than you I wouldn't have. I merely raised it because unlike the majority of people on here - you dont ridicule his opinion.

Now if TRB has a problem with that, then I am happy to apologise to him, but as he hasn't said so, why do you feel the need to jump in?

No problem! (There isn't a Carribean smilie!)

Millward, Noble, Powell or Aston as a wildcard would be my suggestions for an alternative coach.

Quite a lot to comment on above so I'll just give my opinion rather than joining an existing discussion.

Before Kear came to Wakefield I wasn't that keen on his style. Just based on a few games I suppose but that's how it is.
Having now watched his teams develop I have a different view.

The number one criterea for a coach, especially at a low budget one, is to improve the skills and performance of the players in his charge. There are a long list of players who have benefitted from JK's style: Wilkes, Moore, Bibey, Brough, Korkidas all showed significant improveent, and in some cases cashed that in elsewhere.
There are others that improved within their own limitations like Paul White. He hasn't gone on to big things but he was struggling for a while at Wakefield and we got some good games out of him when he improved once dropped. I pick him only because I've seen him recently and it reminded me.

As a team the players have often punched above their weight, winning games they really shouldn't have expected to. And that applies to teams in each of the years he has been here. It isn't the same players he is doing this with, he is transferring those skills to new young teams.

In addition, the role includes managing the team off the field as well as on. Many coaches don't even have a career ending injury to manage in their team........JK has had to manage a team through 3 deaths. I'm certain most people in senior management in industry would struggle with this never mind when your results are reviewed as critically as a sports manager.
I feel he has steered the Wakefield ship (dreadnaught!) through those rough times with a great amount of personal integrity and great skill.
We have of course in that time had a further slow death of the club heading to administration. That alone is stressful enough to see many coaches jump ship.

It is easy to look at higher clubs and envy their managers because of the success but I think McRae shows exactly why that is not a fair comparison. Very successful and well liked at Sts but hasn't been able to just apply that to Salford. Very different environment.
and also, although I'm all for the continuous improvemnt is good policy that doesn't mean an automatic change of coach after a certain period of time. The playing roster at Wakefield changes so much it doesn't matter. The style changes with the team anyway. Doesn't seem to have hurt Man Utd too much keeping their guy in place.

So given all that I'm happy with what we have. I'm not saying that if we started spending big money and we decided to go for Wayne Bennett to manage a big name team that I wouldn't back the move over JK, but in our situation, whether Super League or not, in my opinion, he is the best man for the job.