Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:51 am  

Noooooooooooooo!

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:53 am  

Give him a chance, this is why British coaches never get a look in. You need some fresh ideas and this seems like its worth a punt. Radford and Last are well regarded in RL circles so let's reserve judgement.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:54 am  

el red wrote:

Give him a chance, this is why British coaches never get a look in. You need some fresh ideas and this seems like its worth a punt. Radford and Last are well regarded in RL circles so let's reserve judgement.

Exactly.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:55 am  

Gentle came across as a genuinely nice bloke. That might have been part of the problem. You can't imagine him giving the team a bollocking when needed.

Will Radford be our Shaun Wane/Brian McDermott? Time will tell, I suppose.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:01 am  

I have always been a massive fan of Radders as my posting history will show, however he has no first team SL coaching experience whatsoever, and our recent history proves promoting 2nd coaches simple does not work for us, too much of a gamble imo & I cannot see passes flying off the shelf with this announcement. Cook to be his assistant if rumours all over twitter are to be believed.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:03 am  

Cooke offered his services not so long ago part time and foc to help out with the academy but the club declined.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:04 am  

I don't expect there will any stories of "player power" or "losing the dressing room" if this does come off, it seems to be the way more and more clubs are going now, Powell, Anderson, Wane etc. Good luck, good to see a local being given a go.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:06 am  

Glad gentle is (appears to be) going. It's become apparent in recent weeks/months that he was as clueless as the last coach (maybe even more so) but to appoint another inexperienced coach is asking for the same thing to happen again. I actually think Radford could become a good head coach but the time isn't right for him IMO. He needs to work alongside a good quality coach for another 2 or 3 years at least.

The last decent coach we had was mcrae. He built the foundations of the team which won the cup in 2005 and got to the GF in 2006. Since then we've had a succession of assistants, none of whom have been up to it. We really should have appointed someone with head coach experience when we appointed gentle and to make the same mistake again is foolish on the part of pearson IMO.

Shame that powell has joined cas as he would have been a better candidate IMO.

Also think that Radford is too matey with the current squad and if tony's first 2 pieces of recruitment are feka and mika then he's as bad as mcrae if not worse. Add cooke and last into the mix and instead of a dream team you have a potential nightmare one.

I really think pearson needs to take a step back here and take some advice from outside the club before he makes things worse

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:07 am  

Dudley wrote:

I don't expect there will any stories of "player power" or "losing the dressing room" if this does come off, it seems to be the way more and more clubs are going now, Powell, Anderson, Wane etc. Good luck, good to see a local being given a go.

There won't be if he goes out drinking with them

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:14 am  

OllieFC wrote:

Paul Anderson isn't doing a bad job at Huddersfield to say that this is his first top flight coaching job. Radford could be exactly what this club needs, he'll be bursting with pride and have that rawness that could take us up a step!

Anderson had rather more experience as an assistant before making the step up. And if Radford knows how to solve our problems, why has he kept the information to himself for the last two years?

Also, if rumours are to be believed (I know they're often not), Radford is frequently seen out drinking with members of the first team squad. Not sure that's a good basis for him to be made head coach.