I agree with your comments, someone of Smith's calibre & experience is required.

Training regimes & mental & physical preparation need to be independently analysed, but the major problem is...

Would the owner sanction such a move?

IMO,Adam Pearson is blocking the progress of this club.

Agree whole heartedly with the bit in bold.

Why AP is so determined to back Radford when its clear to anyone with even half an idea of the sport can see it is simply not working and Radford is floundering, does the owner not listen to the ramblings of the man he has entrusted in turning the club around??

The mental attitude is worse now than it has ever been and even Radford had admitted on a number of occasions in post match interviews he doesn't know how to sort it.

We just lack any sort of plan, attitude and intensity, effort maybe there but if no one in the team knows what the hell they are doing then all the effort in the world wont make much of a difference against teams that have effort, ideas, organisation and desire. Sadly we are missing the last 3.

IF

If only Radford would resign or Pearson admit he made a big mistake replacing Peter Gentle with Radford and sack him.
If we lose the next three games and its a distinct possibility surely he has to go based on performance.
If Brian Smith would agree to come back to Hull that would be a great move for the club

I listened intently to Smith's interview when he first arrived at Wakefield.

He stated he was in a self imposed exile for 2 years, as he didnt need the pressure anymore of coaching in the NRL.

He moved into a remote country area where he took up farming, he said he didn't know, how long he would stay coaching at this moment in time,it depends on how his mindset is/will be.

I get the impression by his comments,he would love to return to Hull FC, but for mine, only as a short term appointment.

He would be suited to a role of a 'Coaching Consultant', to guide, tutor an unproven Coach, then probably return to the wilderness of the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney.

IF Pearson is hell bent on Radford/Last/Horne, surely it wouldnt do ANY harm , as Smith as previously taught Robinson,Anderson,Brown,Potter,Taylor,Morgan,T Smith etc.

Depends how ambitious, the owner is....-IMO

Panic on the streets of Humberside?
I wonder to myself

Hang the DJ..... Or LR or AP..

Big ears strikes again?

'What difference does it make'

Sorry but I don't want Radford anywhere near this club EVER, he's shown his true colours time and again, gone against his word, is a backstabber, a bully and as a coach has so many flaws nothing short of a brain transplant is going to turn him into a 'good' coach.
After 1 3/4 seasons of his nonsense (aside from a couple of excellent games) it's being micturate poor, I can't understand how people are still willing to give him a chance as an assistant never mind the head coach position.

Would happily take Bri Smith on a rolling one year contract.

He would be like a breath of fresh air and ouse enthusiasm. There would be no blaming players, fans or short turnarounds. In his time with Hull, he brought a real club/team culture, with a team of 13 players and a 'no star' policy. He turned a very average Andy Dannatt and Paul Eastwood into International players.

I know some think he wouldn't be successful, but we don't want to get any lower and with our resources, set up etc we should be achieving more. We are not going to go from c9th in the league to Champions, but we should be able to compete for the Top Four and then kick on from there.

I think he would show us something different, something better. If he wanted to go back to Oz in a year or two, then that would be fine. We could plan for that and he could help us succession plan, rather than give it to some inexperienced new Coach who fancies the job.

Some say he did the dirty on Hull and quit on us. From what I recall he got an offer from 'his club' St George and left us in a much healthier position. I think he'd see Hull as unfinished business and his affinity with the club would see him want to come to us.

Daniel anderson, proven winner...other than that,id take powell, hands down, smith is a dinosaur, and i wouldnt want him, justin morgan could be within a shout if wee need a new coach tho...

If smith is a dinosaur does that make wayne bennett a fossil?

I'd take smith in a heartbeat. He's so far ahead of where radfrod will ever be it's not even measurable. We need someone like him to come in and start the ball rolling for a year or two and then let someone else come in and take the reigns

Differance between smith and bennett, is multiple premiershhips, league titles, world club titles, state of origin titles, smiths done none, hence why hes at the worst team in the league coaching and bennets still at the top of his game, currently sat at the top of the telstra nrl ladder

I do agree with what your saying BUT, we need to get away with this "smith is god" garbage, he did well for fc 25 years ago, yes, 25 years ago!!! The game has moved on significantly since those days, im not bagging his coaching abilities, but the supporters are beginning to sound like newcastle fans regarding keegan.... if the hits the fan, straight away, everyones like, get smith in...... please, the mans been on the scrapheap in the nrl for a whille now, known as a perennial loser..... harsh but facts dont lie....
I do agree we need experiance, but as with pryce and minichello, they do well for 2 years then were back to square one......needing another replacement, we as a club dont seem to have much foresight when it comes to descions like this........signing bang average joe such as michaels springs to mind, but . we need an experienced coach, preferably with super league experience who we can see having the job for 5 years or so.... getting smith in for 2 years does bugger all in my opinion....... and as ive stated, powell, justin morgan daniel anderson, tick all them boxes.....