Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:49 pm  

After first match the Leeds board where screaming for agar to go. Wire board saying the same about price. Lots of Wigan said it last year about lam. Some on the CA's site want shut of Powell. Do you get rid of them all ? If this season goes ti ts up Radford will go. For now it's only 4 games old.

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:04 pm  

Radford said that the 9 day build up for the Saints game didn’t go well
He said that that’s how it goes
Some weeks a good build up and some not

Ffs - in that comment alone you have all you need and that’s after how many years in charge

It explains the complete inconsistencies

For the last 2 years we have been shoite

I’ve said for last 3 years. Name a stand after him and get an Aussie coach in

I and a few others will be proved right but we’ve had to wait way way too long to be proved right

It’s the mediocrity that most people accept that has allowed AP to keep him in his role

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:12 pm  

As much as anything else I think he's just been here too long now and it's all gone stale. Coaching has a shelf life. Even the best in the world don't tend to stay in a job for more than 4 or 5 years. Long term coaches are rare. I don't think he's a terrible coach, he may go elsewhere and do okay, but we need some fresh ideas. He hasn't been able to address any of the issues that have been around for years.

I will give him time until we get a few guys back from injury and see what happens. I aren't going to be calling for his head just yet. But put it this way, if we announce tomorrow that he has left the club I would be pleased.

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:16 pm  

Fitzgibbon could be a shout? Plenty of assistants come and Head Coach over here and then go back to NRL

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:27 pm  

Wilde 3 wrote:

Fitzgibbon could be a shout? Plenty of assistants come and Head Coach over here and then go back to NRL

I'd be happy with Fitzgibbon. He knows what SL and the club are about, he has served an apprenticeship under one of the best coaches at one of the best clubs in the world and is highly respected in the game. I'd be quite happy with a Holbrook or McGuire situation where he comes here for 3 seasons, sets us on the right path and heads home for an NRL head coach job.

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:41 pm  

LR said we were beaten by a average consistent side today and that’s why he’s frustrated

Can’t wait for the Wakefield away match

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:02 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

As much as anything else I think he's just been here too long now and it's all gone stale. Coaching has a shelf life. Even the best in the world don't tend to stay in a job for more than 4 or 5 years. Long term coaches are rare. I don't think he's a terrible coach, he may go elsewhere and do okay, but we need some fresh ideas. He hasn't been able to address any of the issues that have been around for years.

I will give him time until we get a few guys back from injury and see what happens. I aren't going to be calling for his head just yet. But put it this way, if we announce tomorrow that he has left the club I would be pleased.

A very reasonable post and how I imagine most supporters feel.

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:06 pm  

Simon Jordan (ex chairman of Crystal Palace) said on Talk Sport a couple of weeks ago, that coaches have a shelf life in a dressing room, (he said 4-5 seasons) where the messages are the same, the culture is the same and performances ultimately remain the same. When it is a winning culture it can be maintained, but the same with mediocrity, it's hard to change it even with new playing personnel. Was an interesting listen, even if he was referring to football rather than Rugby League

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:14 pm  

Wilde 3 wrote:

Simon Jordan (ex chairman of Crystal Palace) said on Talk Sport a couple of weeks ago, that coaches have a shelf life in a dressing room, (he said 4-5 seasons) where the messages are the same, the culture is the same and performances ultimately remain the same. When it is a winning culture it can be maintained, but the same with mediocrity, it's hard to change it even with new playing personnel. Was an interesting listen, even if he was referring to football rather than Rugby League

And I think he's dead right too. Especially with someone like Radford who it seems favours the stick over the carrot. How many times can a guy shout at or lecture his team about the same things over and over again until it loses all meaning?

Re: RADFORD OUT : Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:22 pm  

Some of those performances last season would have seen the back of a few coaches , Radford can feel himself lucky he's still here imo .