That's that then!

Is there anyone that would be genuinely happy with Radford, Last and Crooke? (other than KR fans)

You honestly think he'd leave Canterbury to come to Hull?

Regarding recruiting a proven top coach, everyone has their price.

IF Pearson doubled the coach's salary,for example, at least the coach would consider it.

At the end of the day, its a job - any head would be turned by a lucrative offer

What we need to do next is not take Radford and Cooke as coaches. Although im warming to Cooke a little more these days I do not want him anywhere near the club and as for Radford as coach well have people not learned from whats happened over the last seven years?

Were very much limited in playing personel now but coach is one area where, as a club, you can push the boat out and Pearson needs to make a statement of intent. Without it we'll be lucky to get in the eight next year though even with a new coach that may still be hard with Gentles appauling signings which are possibly even worse than Sharps imo

With the right coach, the players we have available should be good enough for top 6 and should be pushing for the top 4. With a bit more consistency we would have finished top 4 this season. No need to throw the baby out with the bath water but an inexperienced coach will struggle IMO

I don't believe everyone does have a price.

Coaches like Bellemy, Bennett, Hasler are set up for life.

And doubling their salaries would be more than our cap.

This. I know the temptation after Wembley and Thursday night is to bin off the majority of the squad, but we really weren't that far off finishing higher in the league this year.

Of course, if we end up with Radford then all bets are off.

Good grief I find myself agreeing with you here Standee. How FC ,and the game in general , needs a Mick Crane

As someone said on a previous thread,the game is becoming a war of attrition. Flair and inventiveness are nowhere to be seen .

It isn't just RL though.
A fair few modern pro sports have a lot of teams that spend as much time worrying what the opposition are doing then themselves.

Just tell teams not to bother with defence then.

That's why I wanted the club to instigate/organise a fans communication (forum or otherwise). It's important that the club do this rather than react to a fans' request though. Get as many there as possible (even in the stadium?) and broadcast it free live on FC TV with a stream that can cope. And I'd draw a line under problems with RH and attempt a new and inclusive arrangement with them hard as it might be to stomach.

Do you think it may cause problems now wth Miller Holdswortg and McDonnell as they all seem very pally with Gentle?

Who mentioned no defence?
The point is that a fair bit of flair has been removed so everyone can fit in a nice box with a label.
As an example Paul Cooke was a game controlling 6 and Richard Horne was a running 7. You could argue that their numbers where the wrong way around but it worked for FC.
Pro sport has at least to a certain degree been sterilized and turned into a box ticking exercise.