Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:18 pm  

You could argue that he was anyway just from his record with Bradford when he took them from the most dominant team in the league to 10th, surely there is no doubt now?

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:25 pm  

Most dominant team in SL lol. He took over in 2006 at which point Bradford were nobodies

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King James

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:28 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

Most dominant team in SL lol. He took over in 2006 at which point Bradford were nobodies

Regards

King James

Yeah only reigning SL Champions and WCC winners who had made the Grand Final for 5 consecutive years.

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:55 pm  

While he is poor, he can’t take all the blame, they have recruited badly for years. The core group of French players they had have either retired or left, while the big money imports (most notably Bird) just aren’t doing it

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:07 pm  

Cunningham, Simmons, Betts, Kevin Walters and James Webster could be in for a shout.

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:19 pm  

Some Leeds fans will still argue it's McDermott

TBF to McNamara at Bradford, all their best players were either leaving early in his reign or left at the end of the 2005 GF (Peacock and Pryce) and any coach would struggle with the turnover of players they had.

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:23 pm  

PrinterThe wrote:

Some Leeds fans will still argue it's McDermott

TBF to McNamara at Bradford, all their best players were either leaving early in his reign or left at the end of the 2005 GF (Peacock and Pryce) and any coach would struggle with the turnover of players they had.

That's true but he was in charge for 4 years and they didn't make the playoffs once, having never missed the playoffs before he took over.

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:30 pm  

headhunter wrote:

That's true but he was in charge for 4 years and they didn't make the playoffs once, having never missed the playoffs before he took over.

They did. Took over a 1/3rd into the 2006 season when they were 3rd and they finished 4th.

3rd in 2007 and 5th in 2008. Missed out in 2009 and 2010 but look at the Bradford squad then compared to 2000-2005

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:49 pm  

PrinterThe wrote:

They did. Took over a 1/3rd into the 2006 season when they were 3rd and they finished 4th.

3rd in 2007 and 5th in 2008. Missed out in 2009 and 2010 but look at the Bradford squad then compared to 2000-2005

My mistake, thought they missed out in 2007 and 2008. That arguably is even worse then as things completely fell apart while he was in charge.

Re: Is McNamara the worst coach in SL history? : Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:54 pm  

headhunter wrote:

My mistake, thought they missed out in 2007 and 2008. That arguably is even worse then as the squad completely fell apart while he was in charge.

Are you at all aware of the off field and financial problems that Bradford had?

Shows that when he had a better squad he could make the playoffs. The reason why Bradford and now Catalans went backwards have a lot more to do with the way the clubs were run by management.