Pretty much any NRL assistant. It comes to something when even Steve McNamara would be an improvement.



Dunneman, Dean Pay or the Walker brothers seem good bets.

Didn't the walker brothers sing "The sun ain't gonna shine anymore" which would be very apt

McDermott to leave in 29 days time ?



Wait a minute what date is that ?

The amount of quality Leeds have on the fringes and not to be able to give them the ball is criminal.



At a coaching level, the halves are guilty too and the forwards set zero platform. It's a deep mess.

I agree with your second part, but not entirely first one. It certainly has to be the right coach as you say. But waiting just makes the situation worse. We are better off with no coach until the right one is appointed.

I'd go for Toovey. He is already here and clearly has appetite or he would not have gone to the mess that is Bradford. Offer them £100k compensation, get it done.

I agree Mark.and maybe Brian could go to Bradford i'm sure they would welcome an old club favorite back with open arms.

Knowing GH he would ask them for £100k for that deal.



And knowing bratfud they would probably pay it.

Considering the massive success McDermott has masterminded, he should still have plenty of credit in the bank rather than all these calls for his head.

Sorry Brian yer times up.

Its actually not a dumb point. McDermott does currently have some credibility - he's won more than any other coach around. Just like a number of players his credit will be falling fairly fast though.

He cashed in his "credit" last year imo & we are still seeing the same dross.

This for me.



That doesn't mean i don't appreciate the success he has brought to the club during his time, but nothing lasts for ever and 6 and a half years as head coach at Leeds is more time than any coach has had at the club in my 30 plus years of watching.

I quite agree,



Regards,



Claudio Ranieri.

I wonder what the above poster is now thinking as this thread is now in it's 172nd page?



And given his trophy record, I think the stick Brian Mc gets is well harsh.

I can understand with those posters who think McDernott should go but thank him for his efforts. Those that talk about him like something they stepped in and put his achievements down to luck are very poor and astill bitter about being proven wrong.

I agree re the bitterness, and also the almost complete unwillingness to admit that BM's record as coach might - shock, horror - be partly down to him. Mind you, I never understood the determination some have to suggest that 2003 era Daryl Powell was some kind of uber coach and Tony Smith just inherited his legacy.



Sadly I think BM will leave under a horrendous cloud and will struggle for years to get any credit from a lot of fans. However, in part that's down to him - he deserves more praise for what we won under his tenure, but equally must be held accountable for the shambles fo the last year or so.

No doubts at all Mcdermott deserves credit & gratitude fof his achievements but it can't be over-looked or ignored that he's hit the wall & clearly isn't the Coach to see us through this transition.

The pros & cons debate are just an extension of his overall time here.

It can't also be ignored the input Sinfield/JP had because it's there for all to see.

To prove everyone wrong McDermott needs to go elsewhere and achieve success that way nobody can argue his abilities - to me all he has proved he was the right person in the right place at the right time!!



It could be argued he actually regressed London

Whilst I agree in the main with what you are saying Mark.

I still think that this squad especially in the halves is not good enough to win a GF whoever the coach is.

McGuire like last year is no longer good enough, Burrow is ok as long as we have a decent 6 like a Luke Gale type of player.

Sutcliffe for me is not a 6 and Lilley whilst I have hopes for cannot do it alone see Burrow for the same comparisson.

The forwards are lightweight and Briscoe, Hall and Watkins have gone backwards.

Now I am sure a good coach could sort the backs out but the depth for me in this squad is not there even with a decent coach imo.

We're definately on the same page mate wrt winning a GF but imo the squad is good enough to be competing better than it has for the last 14mths.

We clearly have no contingency plans or versatility to adapt during games which imo should be a given.

Only once we see the best of what we have collectively would a Coach get a better idea of what we need to bring in we all have our own ideas of course but that could change under a new regime.

Absolutely. I said after his first year here that he would take this club backwards, and he has. Of course certain posters like to post their own version of that, but good luck to them. The trophies are not an indication of otherwise, as we were already winning and in a dominant period. He is a lucky individual to have been the coach of that team, as he got to share in the success which could so easily have been someone else. He has clearly took us backwards, yet his three predecessors did the oppossite, and that is the difference where the views come in.

I remember many on here claiming Tony Smith's success was all down to his assistant, Brian McDermott.

Just wish I could remember who those posters were.



Anyone?

Trophies are not an indication of success.



Belter!

That is more than a little unfair imo, in that he won more trophies than any of his predecessors with those greats who were past their peak, and he also has not been backed in the recruitment stakes to anything like the degree of those other coaches (that has come home to roost now with the shocking state of our back up squad players). Has he past his sell by date now? without a doubt. But what he achieved 2011-2015 was exceptional. sadly, Mac's inability to realise he had run his race at the end of 2015 when he had reached everest (winning the treble) and had his right arm severed at the top (losing Sinfield and Peacock) now means he is probably going to be remembered as much by many as the coach who took Leeds backwards as much as for those achievements which i find quite sad TBH.