Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Tue May 09, 2017 7:30 pm  

Former Bradford Bulls coach Francis Cummins who as also been working at Doncaster Knights as there skills coach & recently lost out on the Dewsbury job to Neil Kelly could be a contender.

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Tue May 09, 2017 7:32 pm  

Will our new coach have any extra cash?

Graham Steadman was mentioned at the time GT came onboard.

Could be an interesting choice if he was still interested.

Will be happy if the new guy has any links to a decent half back pairing.

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Tue May 09, 2017 8:05 pm  

We donot do decent half backs .

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Tue May 09, 2017 8:17 pm  

I heard from someone who has connections to the club that the club are interested in Cummings and Glen Morrison.

He told me this yesterday, so presumed Thornton had been sacked at the weekend until I saw the news on Twitter today.

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Tue May 09, 2017 9:00 pm  

You may be able now to Dual reg some of our players at Hull FC.
Whatever you think of Dual reg it worked well for you when Paul Cooke was there.
Cant see you getting out of that division with that squad.

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Wed May 10, 2017 7:37 am  

I wait to be pleasantly surprised .....
After three years of mediocrity punctuated by flashes of hope for the Dons, I fear another Thornton will be hired in haste ... unnecessary haste.

The squad will still be the same and is on course for obscurity. They don't need much guidance to get there.
I presume all coaches worked with Thornton and are part of what the club has become.

We need an attacking coach coupled with a second in command dedicated to defence alone ... since this is our overriding weakness.

We don't need a coach that was a forward ... since they ate negheads like me.

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Wed May 10, 2017 7:41 am  

Well that is my choice out of the running then .

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Wed May 10, 2017 7:50 am  

weighman wrote:

Well that is my choice out of the running then .

Depends whether you want to watch Dewsbury type rugby ... I don't.

We have had good coaches from forwards in the past.

I wish Singe was still here.
I would rehire Cooke and treat him with respect and let him get a good side ... not bloody novices.

Is there another Daryl Powell out there?

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Wed May 10, 2017 7:56 am  

Cannot see Paul coming back but if he did he would be wiser & no doubt an even better coach.

[Jemmo]

Re: Thornton Leaves Dons by mutual consent : Wed May 10, 2017 8:35 am  

Lee Greenwood has done good thing with the All Golds in a short amount of time, with not a lot of money.

Problem with RL coaches is, you never know who is available or looking. So many coaches with any pedigree are now assistants at SL clubs where, I'd imagine, they get paid more and have a full time job. (Eaton, Kear, Cooke etc)