Best Bulls coach of SL era : Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:25 am  

Well as Macca's reign in the purple possibly draws to a close I was thinking who is the best coach in the SL era for us.

Brian Smith gets my vote, started the ball rolling and did much with little talent at his disposal and lots of Big Units

Matt Elliot carried things on nicely and we were unstoppable in 97

Brian Noble in charge of the best ever SL winners in 2003

McNamara allegedly masterminded the only GF win for a team outside the top 2 in 2005

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:36 am  

Hard to tell where one's influence ends and the next's begins. Whatever Caisley's faults, his choice of coaches was inspired - has any other club had a run like Fox, Smith, Elliott, Noble?

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:42 am  

McRae, Hanley, Millward, Anderson, Potter is not bad.

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:44 am  

What is Wigan's list? Half the coaches they have had over the years did not even get a chance to do anything. I hear they are already looking for a replacement for Noble's replacement

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:14 am  

Ancient Provocateur wrote:

What is Wigan's list? Half the coaches they have had over the years did not even get a chance to do anything. I hear they are already looking for a replacement for Noble's replacement

Watch them go for Steve Mac ha ha

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:20 am  

Elliott gets my vote, but ask me again in an hour and I might say Smith or Noble.

Its just that we won the league and cup for the first time in my many years of supporting Bradford under Elliott, and I think the team in 2001 that Noble took to grand final glory was assembled by Elliot and in my own personal view that was the best Bradford side I've seen, even better than the unstopable 2003 vintage (by a very very small margin i'll admit)

In fact I'd suggest that each year since 2001 our team each year has been worse than the previous year (but we were talking very small differences in class between 2001 and 2005 so its a very subjective view I admit).. a trend not yet reversed unfortunately....maybe next year....

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:20 am  

Any McNamara votes will surely come from people with HD or LS postcodes.

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:24 am  

mystic eddie wrote:

Any McNamara votes will surely come from people with HD or LS postcodes.

HX, WF and the odd L (but they are not scousers!!)

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:08 am  

NRL spoiler, highlight to read.

Matt Elliott's side are 26-6 down away from home with just over twenty minutes to go... and they've just scored to get back in it. History to repeat itself twelve years ( ) on?

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:10 am  

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:

HX, WF and the odd L (but they are not scousers!!)

Are fax and Wakey fans computer literate?