Re : Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:15 pm  

wire quin wrote:

What about Tony Smith at Hudds-Did he coach them to a couple of years as cellar dwellars?

nope he was very good for us, yes he took us down but we improved massively over the season and went to last game of season, he then brought us straight back up without losing a game, then took us to a creditable 8th place beating the then champions saints,leeds and wigan along the way.
I would say rob powell has been out of his depth at london and would get my vote.

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:13 pm  

Odem wrote:

At the moment it has to be either Powell or Mcdermott. They both have good squads which should be much higher than they are now.

I still say Powell is the worst, but Mac has systematically buggered Leeds over the same time scales......but his win ratio in regular season games is way better than Powell and leeds are on an average +5 in every game as against Powells 19% and -14 points

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:20 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

I still say Powell is the worst, but Mac has systematically buggered Leeds over the same time scales......but his win ratio in regular season games is way better than Powell and leeds are on an average +5 in every game as against Powells 19% and -14 points

Look at the players Brian Mac has though!

They could have no coach and still be a mid table team. That shows how shocking the bottom half of super league is.

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:48 pm  

Odem wrote:

Look at the players Brian Mac has though!

They could have no coach and still be a mid table team. That shows how shocking the bottom half of super league is.

Good Point...they had no coach last year and did OK

When he went to Leeds, most London fans predicted he'd do OK with someone elses squad but get progressively worse with his own....
London, 9th, 9th with a squad mainly inherited.....then 11th 13th & 12th.

Can't fault his enthusiasm and passion as well as his motivational abilities......it's just that he's not a very good coach.

Powell on the other hand, has not 1 redeeming feature.

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:52 pm  

Bulls4Champs wrote:

Steve McNamara.

Correct !

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:08 am  

Remember that not a single coach appointed themselves.

So McB as England coach and Powell at London, I would have to say that others are too blame for giving people jobs when they clearly dont have the experience or talent to be successful.

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:22 am  

Who was the London coach who always used to thank God in all his interviews? Back in the Gill/Retchless days he didn't last very long.

Dan Staines- Bizarre but took us to the Challenge Cup final for the first and only time

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:31 am  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

That's two games out of three and a half years.

Agar was a disaster at Hull for the reasons already stated. His win record against Wigan/Leeds/Saints/Warrington was something like five from thirty. His win record agaisnt Leeds was none from ten.

Not to mention his appalling record in bringing younsters through.

Completely agree. Not to mention his "us did alreet in training this week" followed by "us didn't bring it t' match", followed by "us boys will put it reet next week tha knows". The man has left us with a legacy that will take two years to fully sort out.
Completely out of his depth in every way imaginable.

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:44 am  

Steve Anderson was the most staggeringly inept coach I have ever seen or heard. You should have heard the crap he used to come out with.

Nearly took Warrington down with him, we only escaped relegation by the skin of our teeth.

Re: The Worst Coach in the History of Superleague? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:22 am  

DropGoalGiant wrote:

He got us to the challenge cup final in 2006, and our first SL playoffs but Jon Sharp gets my vote for the giants.

Not a chance, do you not remember a certain Mr Schofield ?