Staffs FC wrote:
And one coach can get two completely different performances from the same players. Does he tell them to play cr@p one week and really go for it the next ? Or even tell them to go 16-0 up then chuck it all before the end of the game?
Of course the coach has influence but many on here want Tony Smith who was relegated with a poor Hudds side, did great work with Leeds and to start with Wire but is suffering this season because he's lost some serious talent particularly his general. Brian Mac didn't pull any trees up at London but is the main man now. I wonder what the difference there was ? Maybe he couldn't 'influence' his London players.
Yes, but the best coaches get more good performances than bad and that isn't happening at Hull currently. Like you, I don't know how much of this is down to radford but as he has never proven capable of coaching a side which perform consistently well, we can't rule out that it's down to him.
I'd take smith any day of the week over radford. i know someone who was involved at leeds when smith was there and the current culture at headingley was very much started by smith. I'd also take his record at wire over any Hull coach since bunting.
mcdermott I'm unsure about. I think he dropped on a great group of players and culture at leeds but he has had plenty of detractors amongst leeds fans along the way but a group who know when and how to win the big games which is what has seen them through in recent seasons.
The jury is out on radford for me. Far too early to say whether he'll go on to be a good coach or not or whether he's doing a good or an awful job at Hull.
