Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:53 pm Posts: 6843 Member for 15 years
We knew this would be the case on the day John Kear got the boot.
Now the poor bloke will get a load of abuse that his results don’t warrant and are no reflection on him as a coach because the club went behind milking this for 10 weeks!
Joined: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:01 am Posts: 3962 Member for 13 years
Wow. Best of luck to Mark but what a massively underwhelming appointment. It took us 10 weeks to appoint JK's assistant?!
Its an inexperienced appointment that just confirms the lack of ambition and aspirations that we have as a club. The strange thing for me is that he's only got the job for a year and half? Are we going to be appointing somebody else at the end of next season?
Joined: Wed May 25, 2011 8:47 am Posts: 6597 Member for 11 years
Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:
We knew this would be the case on the day John Kear got the boot.
Now the poor bloke will get a load of abuse that his results don’t warrant and are no reflection on him as a coach because the club went behind milking this for 10 weeks!
Agreed. Why they took 10 weeks is anyone's guess and has just wound up the fan base. Dunnings results actually read well. But fans will just look at it as the cheap option with needless quotes from the club such as "high calibre overseas coaches have applied"
I'm prepared to give Dunning a chance. I was totally against him getting the job when Kear left, but watching the team hes put his own stamp on it with some decent rugby, and some good results to back that up against the likes of Sheffield & Widnes (who Kear failed against) but the tough work starts now. Going in as a temp and freshening things up is very different to nailing a game plan to beat the likes of York, Barrow, Batley etc
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:06 pm Posts: 181 Member for 7 years
The Nobby link up could be interesting. Although I suspect that the rationale behind that move is to soften the underwhelming blow of Dunning's appointment. As others have said, the appointment reflects our intent - unfortunately.
Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:01 am Posts: 1093 Location: South of Bratfud Member for 6 years
I think, if that's the level of our ambition, I'll be watching local cricket next year onwards.
Nothing against Mark but if people with great track records have applied and we've gone pound shop then that's all we need to know.
*Edit* Ultimately, Nobby and his decisions around Harris, Peacock amongst other lead, in my view, into this terminal decline we find ourselves in. We never look forward do we? SL and the glory days are a decade in the past yet we can't draw a line in the sand.
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Joined: Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:25 pm Posts: 2853 Location: Bradford Member for 17 years
He’s a young British coach. He knows Bradford inside and out and should know what changes are needed short, medium and long term. He should be able to integrate and promote youth into the first team better than Kear could. And keep them as well. His results have been as expected. We’ve lost to the top 2 and beaten the ones below us. Our results against the teams in 3-6 are what will define his ability. I’m ok with this.
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