A delay is one thing but that was just ridiculous. Might as well have not bothered IMO.

Someone contacted them and said that this would never have happened if it was a Hull City (sorry, Hull City Tigers) Press Conference. I agree.

Some summary points

Pearson:
Were following the Wigan / Saints blueprint
10-11 senior pros coming from academy - unprecedented
In the 16's, 17's, 18's we have a unique talent pool from Hull that need to be natured
We will continue to add Marquee signings but the main squad will be from Hull
Radders 3 year contract
Natural leader commands respect, knows the culture of the hull people and city
Will coach with discipline and fear, to ensure the team plays every week and not just when they want to
Will bring stability and consistency
6th place and Wembley not bad, but gap between worst and best performances to big
Easiest and cheapest decision would have been to stick with PG for two more years
Playing squad is strong, can still compete for Wembley + top 4
Two SL clubs tries to get Andy Last
Watched and was impressed by Radders coaching ability of defence in last 12 months, peopler don't realise he has been involved in coaching for 12+ years
Objective is to achieve an attacking identity
Doncaster - negotiations are ongoing nothing agreed yet, but the link would be good geographically, have had discussions with Cooke
Recruitment will be Motu's responsibility, leaving Radders free to coach

Radders
Not been an easy decision to take role, massive job, excited
Have been coaching since age 22
There will be no excuses of "he's not my signing"
Players who don't buy in to what we are doing won't be wearing the jersey
This season we have been victims of our own hype
PG was laid back and likeable, certainly different to other coaches I've worked under
Spoke with PG yesterday, wished me well and thought best bloke for the job
Will draw an experience under other caoches such as Noble, still speak on regular basis

?? Sydney link might have been, started a few minutes late as had been tweeted, but was live, I was certainly hearing it before Smailes was tweeting.

It did go on a loop after it had concluded (less than 10 mins at a guess) so if you linked in late it will have been the loop replay

It's done.
Go for it Radders.

I wasn't on twitter, was on the hdm page. Was getting the messages 30 sec before hullfc live.

I'm sorry but can I ask what did he mean by he will coach with discipline and fear?

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No you can't. Its got absolutely nothing to do with you.

I may be in the minority here but I'm happy with the appointment and excited for the future.

We are not a top 4 team, we don't have a top 4 squad and we won't win the GF next year, it wouldn't matter if PG was in charge or LR.

What we do have now is a strategy and a vision for the future, successful teams are not built overnight and changing the ethos of the club from the academy to the first team is something that is long overdue, PG proved he couldn't get the players to play for him or the shirt, too many times they let him down. LR won't stand for that and as long as there's 13 men on the pitch playing to the best of their ability for Hull then I'll be happy.

The only positive I can currently find in appointing Radders is it should be sufficient to give Rommel an apoplectic fit

No

I don't agree with the appointment but it's done now and Radford will get my full support.

Next year we will still have the likes of Crookes, Holdsworth, Johnson, Yeaman on the books to name just four.

Yeaman has stolen a wage all year and he's a Hull lad.

We've got contracts to run down now over the next 3 years and show a lot of players the door.

Not a clue, doesn't sound a great working environment!

I have I got this right Motu is in charge of who we sign Radford just coaches them and isn't involved in who we bring in ??

So with Radders in charge are we finally going to have a good attack? Players who can spread the ball out wide fast, know how to run a decent angle and not just stand still when receiving the ball.
Won't hold my breath. Just think the majority of our players are too dumb to play expansive rugby.