John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:56 pm  

Director of rugby anybody .
Not to belittle poaching in anyway ,but could Kear not only back poaching in his first tenure as a coach but point him in the right direction and advise on the pitfalls that can so easily ruin a budding career . Obviously this would have to be run by poaching of course as I certainly wouldn’t want him to undermined his authority in any way ,but kear has far more experience of been embattled and getting the players up for the fight .

Re: John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:00 pm  

Am I correct in thinking that the last time JK joined us he was still involved with Batley for a period, and held a dual position for some time?

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Re: John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:09 pm  

So my take is, if we need a Director of Rugby, and its a role we wanted to fill when we were winning then great. I'd love him to be involved.
If it's a reaction to losing, then Willie should decide if he needs help and choose what role that should be too.
Ie. He might want a sports psychologist or something.

Re: John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:16 pm  

I’d say coaching wakefield is one of the tougher gigs In super league if only for the constraints that are involved ,we simply can’t buy our way out of trouble ,we have to simply roll our sleeves up and dig our way out , if all parties were happy I would certainly think Kear has had more experience of this type of pressure than most if not all coaches at present .

Re: John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:56 pm  

What about the experience/expertise at the club in Francis Cummins?

Re: John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:13 pm  

No .....its a prop we need if there's money spare. Don't think Kear is the answer to our present problems.

Re: John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:11 pm  

Kettykat wrote:

Director of rugby anybody .
Not to belittle poaching in anyway ,but could Kear not only back poaching in his first tenure as a coach but point him in the right direction and advise on the pitfalls that can so easily ruin a budding career . Obviously this would have to be run by poaching of course as I certainly wouldn’t want him to undermined his authority in any way ,but kear has far more experience of been embattled and getting the players up for the fight .

The first way to not ‘belittle’ Poching would be to spell his name correctly… personally I would welcome JK back at the club anytime… regardless of the current form…

Re: John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:36 pm  

I’m a massive fan of jk

We did very very well under both his stints with us

Would love to see jk and Willie as a partnership

If it were possible to bring him john in this would be nothing but a good thing

Wonder if he still has the key to the city

Re: John kear : Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:50 pm  

Why is he needed? Poching is nearly 50 years old has already done his apprenticeship, a good number of years as an assistant with many of those alongside Tony Smith who isn’t exactly short of a CV himself. He also has two assistants alongside him, one if which has head coaching experience at two different clubs. Willie has to stand in his own two feet has he doesn’t need his hand holding by John Kear. And if he does then he probably isn't the right man for the job right now anyway. If there’s money available spend it on a prop instead.

Re: John kear : Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:52 am  

If the money is right then why not, he was excellent for Chester and we had some good success whilst he was at the club.

Poching, Cummins, Applegarth, Dickens with some guidance from Kear. A lot of experience there.