Hudgell said on Sport Talk last night that Crooks was still under contract but refused to be drawn further. He seemed in a right y mood for some reason.

There is a lot more to this than meets the eye thats for sure

it depends what the role is, hes been talent spotting for the rfl for 6 years maybe its in that role hull are looking to employ him ,but its looking more like hes walked out on rovers and not they have released him

So hes replacing Crooks then.

And Rovers released him.

i dont know scott ,but bye looks of it hes walked on rovers ,and you dont usually do that unless you have a job to go too ,do you ,have we just signed his lad recently ,i did hear there was a bit of crap over that over the river ,but only a rumor

Steve was player performance manager not head of youth. Both are posts in their own right.



He resigned.

why?

His coaching methods are so outdated its untrue.

You know that i know a few players down there and literally nobody has anything positive to say about him and many even said they recieved better coaching at their club sides.

He may be good for spotting talent however if he is the person who is going to be in charge of bringing through our youth players from now on i dread to think what training they will recieve.

Good job he wont be coaching then

We've all had coaches whose training methods we havent liked, it dont mean they are bad though

On flip side, you ask anybody who has been coached by Billy Mallo at Skirlaugh etc, they all rate him as one of the best theyve ever had, yet hes never coached since , why ??

He has a terrible reputation on the coaching side but is held in high esteem at the RL as far as his Youth Development role was concerned. However it still for me all conjecture at present, Hudge could have released him as the Mail said then had second thoughts when he found out where he was going. He was certainly in an a*sey mood on KCFM!!!!

It will all depend on how Fudge accepted his initial resignation.