: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:50 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

Does Dean Bell count as a solo coach though? What was Hugh McGahan's roll?

Aside from having the token club moustache, of course.

Brent Webb currently has it, btw.

By the same token, was Doug Laughton ever the Leeds coach? I seem to remember him being installed as manager, above Ward's head which lead to him resigning, and then Ellery was given some sort of head coach title when he arrived.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:51 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

Can't say I'd be having Doug Laughton anywhere near my list. He was a good coach at Widnes, at Leeds I mostly remember him for squandering a lot of cash and delivering very little.

In my time:

Smith
Murray
McClennan
Bell
Powell

I'm not sure Powell ever had it in him to get to the next level, but he had a big part to play in shaping the key players in the squad we have had for the past few seasons.

Doug Laughton would only appear in my list of worst ever Leeds managers.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:56 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

What was Hugh McGahan's roll?

.

ham usually sometimes with salad

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:05 pm  

in pre war days apparently they did,nt have coaches .
they had trainers men who were,nt ex players some times, leeds had a man called billy morn who trained them for years ,leeds had a great side in the 30s renouned for playing expansive open football .
i wonder where the tactics came from?

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:06 pm  

lionarmour87 wrote:

i wonder where the tactics came from?

Little plastic boxes.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:59 pm  

Not read all this thread, BUT how can you judge who is the best team coach, and have McLennan in there when he is still the head coach?? He might go on to win all the trophies available for the next 10 seasons for all we know.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:31 pm  

lionarmour87 wrote:

ken dalby was the manager /coach in the 50s he signed lewis jones leeds won rl cup under him,and i think yorkshire cup too.
my top coach would be roy francis he was years before his time he started the youth policy and the wonderful football his teams played and his legacy carried on right through the 70s under other coaches

Ah Ken Dalby!!!!

What a smashing fella!!!

Knew him well.Fantastic stories and was the last century's answer to TVOC!

I even ended up in his last book!!

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:54 pm  

Norman Stanley Fletcher wrote:

Ah Ken Dalby!!!!

!

I didn't know him, but he sounds fantastic!

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:25 pm  

Norman Stanley Fletcher wrote:

Ah Ken Dalby!!!!

What a smashing fella!!!

Knew him well.Fantastic stories and was the last century's answer to TVOC!

I never met Mr Dalby but his books inspired me to keep my own records post 1979. As a sheer coincidence mine start where his left off in the Headingley Story: Volume 2. Combined they'll always be incomplete though as his books didn't allow the space to record players making less than 10 Ist grade appearances and they'll have been very many of those if the last 30 years are anything to go by.

However I do know that tvoc and he's a right ****

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:39 pm  

Highbury Rhino wrote:

Difficult because my memory is fading!!

1- Roy Francis (years ahead of his time in charge of the most entertaining Leeds sides ever)

2-Tony Smith (brought back the glory)

3- Syd Hynes (Lots of succes in the mid 70's)

4- Graham Murray (made us a real force to be reckoned with after nearly 30 years of comparative failure)

5- Bluey - (jury still out but on the basis of actually winning a championship he makes the cut - let's see what he does this season)

This exact line up gets my vote.