Quote: *1865* "Right, let's get one thing straight, I'm not pro Radford or putting down what Powell has done at Cas. I'm making the point that whoever is in charge will need 5 years to change this club fully. We're not a 'half decent coach and 4 players away from top 4' we're miles off. It will take a full stripping down of the current playing squad and that will take 3 off seasons of heavy recruitment. Not one of our 17 on Saturday, except for Westerman would command a starting spot in any of the Leeds/Wigan/Saints/Wire teams and only Lineham of those that didn't start.
You're fooling yourselves if you think changing the coach every time we hit a rough patch during this process is a good thing. AP's chose his man to do this in my opinion. We change coach now or at the end of they year or even next year, we'll be in the same position 12-18 months later.
We have a great set of juniors coming through, something to build this club on, alongside the likes of Westy, Lineham, Shaul, Crooks, Bowden, Green & Hadley'"
I don't disagree that the club needs to make huge changes and these will take time. However how long can the club expect fans to keep seeing and hearing the same thing? Gentle was here to do that apparently and sacked after his 2nd year. I think his main failing along with AP in some ways was having SM deal with recruitment side.
The question is whether we currently have the right man in place for the job? I don't believe we do for the reasons I have already posted in this thread.
I don't see anyone suggesting we have a top side quite the opposite, from the start most have said we would be a side that would/should finish between 6th & 8th which I do think is a fair assessment. The facts are we are a team that look devoid of ideas and revert back into a shell that we have seen all too many times since Sharp left and is chopped & changed every week. Plus the Coach has openly criticised both his players and the clubs loyal fanbase which shows signs for me of a man out of his depth.
However even ignoring these issues the squad is performing below its capability which is a worry with no sign of a genuine and sustained improvement.
So for me its not just a case of sacking the coach will fix it, but we need a proven coach with the ability to undertake such a job and to do that that won't be cheap. Promoting an inexperienced assistant at this level to Head Coach who has been part of the malaise as a player and assistant coach was not the right appointment to start with.
