Maybe just maybe, Willie had other options( back room staff at HULL FC) perhaps and Willie did not want to take another season with us? Works both ways………..?

Smith has already said that isn't the case.

Agree W Poaching was left with poor squad turned the team round by bringing in younger players and forwards who could defend ,Think he was worth one more year .May be he was no good at golf

He still has to add to his back room staff, unless GE is going to stay. If not then where would he go. He could also be number 2 to Brian Mc?

What a f disgrace we had 5 years of tourcher with chezzy but mc sacks WP and fc why ?:

I blame vastman he said he can’t coach wrong again he can but with more money which I hear was an issue vastman wrong again

Yeah, by the end of the season I thought he was worth another year, just because maybe he had learned where he had gone wrong earlier in the year. But we don't know what was happening behind the scenes and the actual reason for the turnaround in form,

I guess we'll only know how good a decision it is come this time next year

I can’t say I’m not bemused by todays announcement but I’ve got to comment on the amount of fans that have been so vocal.

We’ve got to presume the club have done this for a reason and on the basis that whoever is on their way will take the club further than WP could.

Comments like “Absolute joke, do the club seriously think we can pull someone who’ll do a better job?” will be interesting to look back on in a week or two.

Well only a short while ago when we were staring oblivion in the face ,nearly everyone to a man wanted pochings head on a plate , now he’s got shown the door those same people are now aghast , fickle springs to mind . Hopefully our new coach will be installed pronto , and get on with planning and recruiting for next season . Batten down the hatches over the coming days/weeks as everyone and his dog will have their names banded about for the job . Let’s take a deep breath and just wait for an official statement on our next leader . FWIW I was talking to the dad of a member of staff a month or so ago , and when asked what was thought of Poching, his words were smashing bloke but too soft , make of that what you will .

Agree 100%

As Schunter says above, I think the time to judge will be in a year's time, not a couple of weeks at the announcement.

If the 'standard' of coaching was that bad, how come they managed to play well at the back end of the season?
Toulouse was a big game to lose and that can't be blamed on WP.
I remember the last time the players at Wakey complained about the coaching/training!
That led to a superb honeymoon period for CC, then performances gradually deteriorated until JK was brought in and we looked like a team again but after JK left, the performances deteriorated once again.
Think WP has been given the s#!tty end of the stick on this one.

Only time will tell

If the stats are correct Willies record in all games is
played 36
Lost 19
Won 17
Win ratio of 47%

What were they expecting him to do win the Grand Final