Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:11 pm  

Molsk111 wrote:

There is only one man for this job, got excellent back ground as a player and a coach, talks total sense oh and he is bradford born and bred, goes by the name of LEON PRYCE

I wondered how long it would be before he got suggested

I don't know if the club are inviting applications - it would be interesting to see if he throws his hat into the ring if we do. It didn't exactly end well for him when he had his second playing spell with us did it?

I think Chev Walker is an interesting possibility. Seems to be well-regarded at the Rhinos and could find himself edged out if Rohan Smith wants to have his own people as assistants.

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:13 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

It's the old problem - lack of investment. That's why I'd like Wood to come out now and tell us his intentions for the club. At least we'd know where we stand, rather than this vague "building towards Super League" when, in reality, we aren't really.

I don’t quite get it that way. Since Wood took over I get the feeling the off field stuff has slowly improved year on year. The new commercial guy seems to building links with local businesses, there are small but incremental improvements to the stadium. But it is all incremental- I don’t think we’ll ever be in a position to say to a coach that the playing budget has gone up by 50% But more likely 5%, that sort of thing.

And we still portray ourselves to the RL world as a big club.

We run a first team, reserves, scholars, womens team, wheelchair team, disability team. We still have a senior dance troop and the junior dancers. In short , we still do all the things we used to in SL. How many other clubs still do all that? Do we need to have a conversation about priorities?

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:29 pm  

Highlander wrote:

I don’t quite get it that way. Since Wood took over I get the feeling the off field stuff has slowly improved year on year. The new commercial guy seems to building links with local businesses, there are small but incremental improvements to the stadium. But it is all incremental- I don’t think we’ll ever be in a position to say to a coach that the playing budget has gone up by 50% But more likely 5%, that sort of thing.

And we still portray ourselves to the RL world as a big club.

We run a first team, reserves, scholars, womens team, wheelchair team, disability team. We still have a senior dance troop and the junior dancers. In short , we still do all the things we used to in SL. How many other clubs still do all that? Do we need to have a conversation about priorities?

Fair enough. Maybe its about communicating better with the fans then?

Because I wasn't really aware of some of that (my excuse could be that I don't live in Bradford anymore)

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:33 pm  

Highlander wrote:

I don’t quite get it that way. Since Wood took over I get the feeling the off field stuff has slowly improved year on year. The new commercial guy seems to building links with local businesses, there are small but incremental improvements to the stadium. But it is all incremental- I don’t think we’ll ever be in a position to say to a coach that the playing budget has gone up by 50% But more likely 5%, that sort of thing.

And we still portray ourselves to the RL world as a big club.

We run a first team, reserves, scholars, womens team, wheelchair team, disability team. We still have a senior dance troop and the junior dancers. In short , we still do all the things we used to in SL. How many other clubs still do all that? Do we need to have a conversation about priorities?

We’re not a big club now and no-one sees us that way.

We have the potential to be a big club again but I genuinely fail to see how that happens without a sizeable, sustained investment.

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:11 pm  

What’s Danny Brough up to these days?

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:27 pm  

No ex Leeds players please..

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:40 pm  

Got to feel sorry for Kear although it's the right decision. Feel sorry because I felt he was assembling a good squad which was ripped apart in the last financial meltdown, Minicello,Ryan,Storton, Milne's and Keyes gone to Hull K R . All except Keyes playing regular SL.

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:44 pm  

They would have all gone anyway, the championship is the gateway to superleague, we won’t have such as Doyle next year as he will end up at a superleague club for sure

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:17 pm  

Surprised no one has mentioned John Duffy yet.
Aggressive (maybe a little grubby!) and expansive rugby. Both things we desperately need.

Re: Kear Out....and now gone. : Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:18 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

We’re not a big club now and no-one sees us that way.

We have the potential to be a big club again but I genuinely fail to see how that happens without a sizeable, sustained investment.

Hang on, so we're NOT famous anymore?