Interesting start for Leeds. Is McDermott suddenly coaching badly after winning so much or is it because their squad has lost some key players and leaders ?

Or maybe he's not as good as the outstanding already contructed Leeds team made him seem? Like coach before who had 1 job since. Failed and is not coaching now?

I think he has earnt another year IMO, need to make the decision soonish to plan for next year, so I would give him another contract.

I also like to see us tie us a few players that are OOC such as Bowden and Green and look to extend the likes of Shaul and Houghton.

Yep should be looking to offer him a contract imo

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/35969917 Anyone hear his dig at Rovers in his post match interview on Blunderside?

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/35969917 Anyone hear his dig at Rovers in his post match interview on Blunderside?

Why soonish?
He hasn't proven anything as yet, who would take him if we leave negotiations until AFTER we find out how we do toward the back end of the season? Whilst things are going great now look how things went tits up last year.
Let's be honest, whilst it's great winning at the moment and beating KR, Warrington and Saints was epic we still have a long long way to go before we commit to handing out a renewal to a coach that has only taken us backward the last two seasons.
Hang back and wait until the rest of the season unfurls then make a decision.

A decision needs to be made soonish as players will want to know what they're signing up to.
The club will already be planning for next year and those decisions includes the coaching staff.
I think LR will get another couple of years. I've been as frustrated as anyone over the last few years, but you can see the culture is changing.

Said before him & club are in talks have been for a while, the only reason he won't sign is...he's waiting for the kr job.

Don't think many clubs let a coach's contract expire before they make a decision. Getting to September before making a call would mean, as you say, recruitment would be more difficult, plus challenges on getting a new coach in at short notice potentially. Can't believe that Pearson's not already decided, one way or another.

That'll go down well

He said it would be better for him personally, less of a comute.

They tried to get him before...

mcdermott has always been clueless IMO but got amazingly lucky when taking over a team with the outstanding player of the modern era running everything on the field for him. You've seen this season what mcdermott can achieve with a team packed with internationals but without the main man on the field any more

Was not the top coach with his larndan team was he.

No, and whenever he's interviewed he doesn't really seem to know what's going on. I could have coached that leeds team to the treble last year

Roversmad as your assistant?

He could be my driver

Got to be 17 to drive!

That's his IQ

"we still have a long way to go before we commit to handing out a renewal to a coach that has only taken us backward the last two seasons."

are you serious Bumpy ??

So he will not get a contract because of 2 years ago? He took us backwards with another coaches squad.

Give him another twelve month deal.

You cannot hold off a new deal in case thing go tits up again. That is ridiculous.

Deserves another 2 year deal his work in improving the squad together with AP and Motu is staying to bear fruit albeit certainly not complete. A number of young players are improving under his guidance as well which is encouraging.

Did the previous coach improve us with another coaches squad and get us to a final Yes or No?
Did the previous coach have an extension to his contract or was he sacked for improving our position with the previous coaches squad, yes or no?
Lee Radford was the assistant coach in 2013, in 2014 he coached us to 11th place with a team that had the backbone of the CC final team and a 6th place, finishing 11th is/was inexcusable.
Lee Radford coached the 2015 side with a raft of better players he signed to 8th place still worse than the previous coach
Did Lee Radford improve on where we finished in 2012 and 2013, Yes or No?

Has Lee Radford achieved any success as yet or improved us thus far during his tenure, Yes or No?

At this moment in time Radford, with the best squad assembled for some years, is doing okay. We have won some games convincingly, we have lost some games with stupid dumb rugby and back to type tactics, one game we capitulated totally. We have had a come back win that really did ignite us to where we are now and two great wins over contenders including the league leaders which is fantastic.
However he still is a long way from proving that he has what it takes to take us to be competing/winning silverware. PAst indicators are all we can go on as of right now and that indicates he is a risk to give an extension, what if we fall by the wayside like last season after winning a few games?
When we are nearer to season end we can fully judge whether he deserves a year or whatever the club/AP think appropriate, handing out a contract now would be premature, if you can't see the reasoning then that's not my fault

I think he'll get the offer of a couple of years. He's set out what he wants to do in terms of U23s etc and Pearson has backed him. Recruitment has been very good, some of this due to Tony, granted. Pearson really seems to rate him. Top Aussie coaches generally seem out of SL teams' reach.

I do think there could be some interest in him, not from a bigger club, but look at recent appointments at Saints, Wigan, Hudersfield etc, all assistants with no first team coaching experience. If Huddersfield, for example, binned off Anderson tomorrow, whom they appointed as an assistant, it wouldn't be ridiculous to link Radford in. OOC, persuaded Shaul to stick with RL and Hull when Gentle didn't rate him. Reputation for taking youth development seriously. Nearly 3 years time served at a good sized club. Stock is rising based on first half of this year. I'd be surprised if we weren't down the road in talks for a 2 year deal.