The Avenger wrote:
Based on his previous record at Wakefield, he totally ignored the Youth structure, in fact, he raided it of every resource other than players and left it years behind that of other SL clubs.
Not much long term succession planning going on there!
Although it falls under the umbrella of the Head Coach to bring the youngsters through, clubs like ours (perennial strugglers) will always be fighting for survival.
The Head Coach at Leeds, Wigan, Saints etc have the luxury of knowing that they will be competing in the top half of the comp whereas clubs like ours have to work on survival first and foremost and then see what's left.
It's not how it should be done but the necessity of staying in SL especially with ground issues etc. trumps all other requirements.
Licensing did take the pressure off this and we started to see some benefit with the likes of Walshaw and others coming through but, we then have to be able to compete to hold on to these players and inevitably most clubs have better spending power than Wakefield.
The return of promotion and relegation will see a return of the journeyman player merry-go-round and whilst there should be reward for the top club in the championship, the new system is not the answer (although as a Wakefield fan, I am pleased that we still have some chance of escaping the drop !).
Back to which coach we need, Kear would be my choice. So many of the others have massive amounts of risk attached to them.
Of course, there is no guarantee with Kear but he does have the right character and ability to keep us up (we hope)
