Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:54 am  

Really undecided on this.

I like Gentle and he has definitely improved us in some areas, as well as getting us to one of two major finals in his second year. However, his main aim was to have us playing more consistently and in that he hasn't succeeded.

I do not think Radders is a good choice. The culture at our club is not a winning one, like at Leeds or Wigan for example, and I don't think an assistant can change this. We need a proven coach, with lots of experience. The only thing assistants have proven with us is that they are not the answer. I wish Radders all the best, but I aren't expecting a lot. I hope I'm wrong.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:08 am  

On what basis would Radford be getting the job? What's on his CV? He's from Hull and the players would play well or he would kick there heads in? I understand the local talent idea and I like it but it needs a hugely experienced proven coach to put the foundations in place first. Radfords time may well come but it's not now, the job is too big.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:12 am  

We made a mistake when Agar went in that we didn't "out" the whole coaching set up. We needed an experienced first grade coach or perhaps even Gentle but with his own coaching team coming in from the outside. There's clearly a culture problem so you have to strip out everyone associated with it in one go. Now we're potentially doing the same again with some of the original pre Gentle team being involved , eg , Last. If we're going to make a change then surely it's got to be a total change and it should be to a bigger and experienced management group to make sure that the head coaches ethos is enforced everywhere and not undermined at any level.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:13 am  

Unsurprised.
Lets also give Radders a chance ffs!

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:14 am  

Pearson`s lack of RL knowledge is now starting to show.
If he appoints Radford this will be confirmed .

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:18 am  

WIZEB wrote:

Unsurprised.
Lets also give Radders a chance ffs!

Yeah, we could give him, say, a couple of seasons before sacking him and appointing Last as his successor. The (rumoured) appointment of Radford makes no sense at all and we're taking far too many chances with stuff that might work, but has the potential to go disastrously wrong.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:21 am  

how come we cant get a coach with experience? why always assistants?? this is probably why poop pot signings are made on the back of it.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:23 am  

Just being told Gentle walked out & was not sacked, from a decent reliable source tbh...

Interesting.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:25 am  

IF and I repeat IF this is true then whomever is advising AP certainly doesn't have a clue about RL either.

Sorry I liked Radford as a player but just can't see him making it as a head coach of a superleague team.

Re: Gentle going. : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:28 am  

Fantastic news for the club.