WHERESYERBALL wrote:
Played a hell of a lot of games for Leigh did Rowley served the club admirably coached through some bad times and yes it ended sourly but who knows whose fault that was.
A lot of people over quite a few years have swallowed Beaumont Bullsh*t now hes left the club high and dry once again.
Like I keep saying never let Leigh RL be owned by one man ever again.
Plus I'd have Rowley back as coach any day of the week.
We took Murphy back we took Millward back....
I think that sums it up perfectly. Yes, the timing of his departure was awful, but we have to ask what caused him to leave the club he was so attached to. As with many departures over the past few years (e.g Brierley, Ridyard, McNally, Hopkins) we have only heard the club's spin on events. As always in life, there are two sides to every story, and we have only been hearing one of them, for some time now. I will never be convinced that we heard a balanced view of young Brierley's departure. Yes, he may have been ambitious - indeed I hope he was/is - but having got to know him a bit, in his time at Leigh, I will never believe that he was the 'villain' he was portrayed to be, leading up to his departure.
Like I say, Paul may not be my cup of tea, personally, but I don't think we have seen a better coach at the club since - especially if he has learned from the Middle 8's disaster of 2016 - and I believe much of that was caused by the pressure of having to finish top of the league, rather than 'pace' the squad for the 8's.
