Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:01 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

How did the Giants do at the business end of the season under Anderson?

What qualifications does he have to be an assistant coach at international level other than being out of work and having a close connection to a major influencer in the decision process?

He did a good job with them, then reached his end point, so they acted. Were the Giants better under him than they were previous? are the Giants worse since he went than when he was there?

He can do a job can the guy. But I already agreed for a top club it wouldn't be the appointment I would look at.

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:29 pm  

lionarmour87 wrote:

I hope none of our recent legends ever take to chief coaching job at Leeds

Absolutely, in recent months when I hear suggestions that peacock and sinfield should replace Brian Mac it concerns me. Maybe if they go and gain experience at other clubs and and then return. Even then I would be apprensive. I much prefer to remember them for the last treble winning season.
Not certain what happened at HKR with peacock, certainly you would not describe it as a roaring success.
On the other side of the coin, wane has been successful at Wigan ,yet Cullen was a disaster at the wire.

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:44 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

He did a good job with them, then reached his end point, so they acted. Were the Giants better under him than they were previous? are the Giants worse since he went than when he was there?

He can do a job can the guy. But I already agreed for a top club it wouldn't be the appointment I would look at.

Were they not bottom when Anderson was dismissed?

Are the Giants bottom now - so it could argued things have improved since he left?

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:06 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Were they not bottom when Anderson was dismissed?

Are the Giants bottom now - so it could argued things have improved since he left?

We were bottom throughout his final season, so unlikely.

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:03 pm  

Backwoodsman wrote:

On the other side of the coin, wane has been successful at Wigan ,yet Cullen was a disaster at the wire.

Wane coached at St Pat's (or was it St Anne's?} before working his way up through the junior levels at wigan while learning from some decent coaches. Don't think Cullen had that grounding, nor Anderson, nor kc.

Don't think saints have a chance of luring powell but they might be tempting to denis betts who might not be a bad fit.

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:02 pm  

Steve McNamara could be tempted back to England.

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:09 pm  

People diss McNamara, mainly because he unforgiveably couldn't get an England team weaker in key positions to beat better teams when it counts. Yet he's the only British coach with the humility to recognise that maybe he needs to learn a bit more, and has spent time learning the ropes as an assistant in the NRL. I'd bet there would be many poorer Aussie coaches available.

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:53 am  

Gotcha wrote:

We were bottom throughout his final season, so unlikely.

They were 11th when he got sacked they are now 10th - not sure how that suggests they are in a worse place now than when Anderson was dismissed?

[Frosties.]

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:15 pm  

Huddersfield now only 2 wins 2 draws to their name from 10 games, reckon if they don't get the win on Monday v Warrington, Stone will be gone before they play us next week.

Re: SACKED | Kieran Cunningham - St Helens : Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:31 pm  

if they can't beat that Catalans team at home, who are struggling themselves with injuries and form things must be bad. Rick Stone always seemed a strange appointment.