Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:15 pm  

JonnoTheGreat wrote:

Stone is a quality coach and I believe he would have got it right if given more time. But a poor start and the taxi awaits.

But the club have obviously listened to the moaning fans.

Just out of interest, what makes you think Rick was/is a quality coach?

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:16 pm  

easyWire wrote:

I believe Tony Smith lives locally still. Wonder if he’ll consider it?

probably not, he has fallen out with rugby league full stop and gone into other business ventures.

in anycase i dont think he left on good terms with davy and thewlis doing a runner to leeds rhinos.

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:24 pm  

well there we go, rick stone the scapegoat gets the chop... feel abit sorry for the guy, hes cleary a top bloke and been let down by the players that he inherited, his hands were tied to some extent when he joined as we were basically upto the salary cap and signing 5 bradford players which were already done deals.

the club needs a new lease of life and that starts at the top, many including me believe thewlis is a bigger problem than any coach at this club.

i knew weeks ago stone wasnt getting a new deal and said so on here, this was also know by the players... so who has really been making the decisions on the players that have just renewed deals?? brough one was a big mistake

whoever comes in has a big task on their hands and needs to be a very strong character to try and get his own way on things like bringing in his own backroom staff for starters not like stone being given a team to work with (thorman/robinson etc)

certainly thank stone for saving the club from a relegation battle, and getting us into the top 8 last season.... our upturn in form came with mamo who actully signed.
this season got off too a bad start and with the last two results the writing was on the wall so someone had to get the chop and as head coach its him... shame we cant sack a few players too who let him down,


what will change now??????? not a right lot as we still have the same group of players...hope we can survive in sl this year and maybe the new coach can get his own players in with the likes of hinchliffe and murphy leaving to free up some cap space

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:25 pm  

good write up here on matters http://www.totalrl.com/rick-stones-sacking-a-harsh-end-to-huddersfields-unpleasant-chapter-in-history/

good write up here on matters http://www.totalrl.com/rick-stones-sacking-a-harsh-end-to-huddersfields-unpleasant-chapter-in-history/

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:05 pm  

Just a thought on people saying Chris thorman as future coach... You do know that he is currently our attacking coach...

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:58 pm  

I feel a bit for him. By every account he’s a good man and a nice guy. And he’s put his all into an organisation that is failing on multiple counts.

But then again, it’s a results business and there’s been nothing in his coaching career to date to suggest he can build a winning team.

It must have been a miserable year for him. I hope he’s got a good payout and he finds a gig closer to his wife and family.

Now, the next guy is going to have be something special to cut through the dead wood that hangs around the club.

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:36 pm  

Chetnik wrote:

Just a thought on people saying Chris thorman as future coach... You do know that he is currently our attacking coach...

what have i been saying for a long time, crazy how other people lose their job but others like thewlis and thorman keep theirs.... stone the scapegoat here.

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:37 pm  

anderson really did leave us in the lurch really

we had that cap space the season he was in charge and he or thewlis more likely brought in brierlery and symonds... what a disaster those two turned out to be. least we got ikahihifo out of that panic buying period

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:56 pm  

The message on the giants website looks ominously like Thorman is a front runner for the job. This would be a very bad move. We need a really strong character who knows how to deal with, and force changes upon experienced players (Brough). Thorman would be a disaster in this regard. Promoting someone from within should only happen when the structures at the club are good.. they aren't.

Re: Rick Stone sacked : Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:19 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

well there we go, rick stone the scapegoat gets the chop... feel abit sorry for the guy, hes cleary a top bloke and been let down by the players that he inherited, his hands were tied to some extent when he joined as we were basically upto the salary cap and signing 5 bradford players which were already done deals.

the club needs a new lease of life and that starts at the top, many including me believe thewlis is a bigger problem than any coach at this club.

i knew weeks ago stone wasnt getting a new deal and said so on here, this was also know by the players... so who has really been making the decisions on the players that have just renewed deals?? brough one was a big mistake

whoever comes in has a big task on their hands and needs to be a very strong character to try and get his own way on things like bringing in his own backroom staff for starters not like stone being given a team to work with (thorman/robinson etc)

certainly thank stone for saving the club from a relegation battle, and getting us into the top 8 last season.... our upturn in form came with mamo who actully signed.
this season got off too a bad start and with the last two results the writing was on the wall so someone had to get the chop and as head coach its him... shame we cant sack a few players too who let him down,


what will change now??????? not a right lot as we still have the same group of players...hope we can survive in sl this year and maybe the new coach can get his own players in with the likes of hinchliffe and murphy leaving to free up some cap space

He did not inherit 5 players from Bradford. He signed two players o brien and Mellor himself when Bradford got into difficulties again. The previous three he’s given an extended deal to one- and when he had the opportunity to get rid of another to Wakefield changed his mind.
So sorry but that won’t wash. His own recruitment has been no better.
Mamo isn’t the reason we upturned for me- a certain Leigh player I reckon was the reason for that. Should have kept him instead of Rankin. Worse thing he did was give brough another year. Nowt much will change until he’s gone and the players can finally get some togetherness.