Re: Cunningham : Wed May 21, 2014 6:51 pm  

But we are talking coaching experience and not playing experience. He has not coached at say a championship level or even at a different level in SL.

There is talk of getting Powell who has moved around to gain that experience.
McDermott would be another as is almost every coach in SL.

I think it's a bit of a side issue anyway as Cunningham is not the problem, it's more the same backroom under various coaches that is the question for me. We keep moving the coaches and yet the form remains fairly static, which to me suggests a culture rather than a leadership issue.

The leader can suggest something, but if the culture runs counter to that and the leader does not have free reign to change it, then you get the situation that is similar to the co-operative group. Everyone can see there is a problem, people are brought in from outside to change it, but that change is not bought into as those in the leadership structure run counter to the tops direction

Re: Cunningham : Thu May 22, 2014 8:09 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Wellens appears to have the "streak" to rip into the players and seems to be on the same wavelenth of McManus, so who knows!

Wello is a hot head. He's certain to tell the players what he means, that's for sure.

Does he have the rugby brain for it? I'm not so sure.

Longy would make a good coach but he's a idiot! His rugby knowledge is 2nd to none and can read a game but like I said, he's just a total idiot.

Re: Cunningham : Fri May 23, 2014 6:09 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Don't actually agree. He's had a very wide range of coaches he's played under - which is the important fact. Players like fielden who only ever played under noble really would struggle as they would only know 1 routine, but Kieran has seen how McRae, Hanley, Millward, Anderson, Potter, Simmons, Rush and now Brown has done it - which is the same variation he'd get from moving around different clubs. He's picked and chosen what he's taken from each of the coaches, and can bring that now - I just thinks he needs to see a few more as an assistant, it doesn't matter where.

Apologies for being pedantic but didn't he also play under Eric Hughes and possibly Mike McClennan?

Re: Cunningham : Fri May 23, 2014 7:57 pm  

Twentyman wrote:

Apologies for being pedantic but didn't he also play under Eric Hughes and possibly Mike McClennan?

Not McLennan, but yes, Eric Hughes.

Re: Cunningham : Fri May 23, 2014 8:00 pm  

Apologies, it was before my time

Re: Cunningham : Fri May 23, 2014 9:13 pm  

Oh so if St Pete says someone's an idiot they must be does he not accept the fact that sometimes they grow up, glad your not in my sons job!

Re: Cunningham : Fri May 23, 2014 9:19 pm  

Sunshine state wrote:

Oh so if St Pete says someone's an idiot they must be does he not accept the fact that sometimes they grow up, glad your not in my sons job!

I know longy very well! I don't think he will ever grow up. He's had more chances in this game than most and still ends up blowing it.