...but only with Sinfield & Peacock at the helm


Subjective choice - it does in no way mean he IS the best coach in SL. It might have been somewhat contentious & small-minded should the "committee" have chosen a coach other than the one that was coach of the team that won the only 3 trophies available (other than WCC).


For goodness' sake, it's been 5 months since the floods, 3 months since the season started - are you seriously using that as an excuse for last Saturday & the Thursday before?


As someone alluded to earlier, the team sheets that he has put out this year should have been more than capable of getting results (at least competing to do so!) in more than half the games we have lost. Isn't it the job of the coach to prepare his charges in the best possible way to compete effectively (structures, motivation, tactics etc) - there is almost zero evidence of this being done effectively. Remember, I'm not talking here about knock-ons & "stupid" penalties (one of your favourite excuses for BMD), I'm talking about the team looking like they have been prepared properly for the opposition of the day.

Man Utd finish 5th in the league....win the FA Cup....and 2 days later, sack the manager for not getting acceptable results.

Meanwhile, over at Headingley......

"Not getting acceptable results"

Translation "we couldn't pass up the opportunity of hiring Mourinho and seeing a rival club get him instead"

You wish

Well said

Some people are just not satisfied.....you're forgetting our esteemed coach is a treble winning coach from just last year. This season's freefall results should be ignored and we should all be grateful for past exploits. It's a disgrace, we are spoilt and as true supporters would should continue to get behind the coaching staff, management and players. I would contribute more but my constraints need readjusting a little....

Not at all, whilst i can understand Wakefield fans revelling in what classes as success for them, if we are in the position Wakefield are in next year, the knee-jerkers and trolls (if they are still about) will be demanding 'whoever' out.

I have invested in a Sat Nav in anticipation for travelling to all those new exciting destinations in the Championship. No Band Waggoner here Sir!

Can you get Earl Grey tea at Featherstone?

Banned waggoners shouldn't be allowed of course



In answer to your question perhaps Zak could enlighten you from his younger (and future returned?) days living there?
The name might prompt him just enough to suggest you try Huddersfield instead ....otherwise bring your own

On.the bright side warrington are notorious for giving a Win to a coach under pressure or losing when look odds on win.

No regret at all from a kr perspective we was flying with confidence in the first few months of chesters reign admittedly we hadn't won games like wakey have but Chris bought a happy place for the players to want to play at then came a few injuries to key players and the cracks started to appear as it will at Wakefield, then came the pathetic preseason Chris had lost the dressing room at this point and the fans started to question him then after another few loses the guy was gone if he was a horse he would of been put down he had no answer for how poor we was playing and Chris left and is doing well at Wakefield but it won't last he has no plan B the state hull kr are in now is down to Chris and we are playing better and competing more in games now under webbo but there is no way he could wave a magic wand over the mess Chester left us in and peacock realized we was in a mess and he is the guy to sort it and no way did Chris Chester fit into what peacock wants to build.

It'd be a first for a McDermott coached Leeds side to take anything away from a League encounter with Warrington at the Halliwell Jones.

Played 5, Won 0, Drawn 0, Lost 5, Pts For 72, Pts Agst 138, Avg Score Warrington 28 - 14 Leeds

05-Mar-11 Warrington 40 - 24 Leeds
08-Jun-12 Warrington 37 - 18 Leeds
05-Jul-13 Warrington 19 - 18 Leeds
30-May-14 Warrington 24 - 6 Leeds
13-Mar-15 Warrington 18 - 6 Leeds

Full stops are your friends.

Pro-Rata Leeds' SL Era results under McDermott are now worse than under all but Dean Bell (in order) Murray, Smith, McClennan, Powell, Lance, McDermott, Bell:

Lance - Played 43, Won 27, Drawn 0, Lost 16, Pts For 1192, Pts Agst 933, Avg Score 28 - 22, % of avail Pts won 63

McDermott - Played 192, Won 117, Drawn 5, Lost 70, Pts For 5237, Pts Agst 3973, Avg Score 27 - 21, % of avail Pts won 62

Bell - Played 58, Won 27, Drawn 1, Lost 30, Pts For 1463, Pts Agst 1548, Avg Score 25 - 27, % of avail Pts won 47

Super League titles

McDermott - 3
McClennan - 2
Smith - 2
Powell - 0
Murray - 0
Lance - 0
Bell - 0

Challenge Cups

McDermott - 2
Murray - 1
Smith - 0
McClennan - 0
Powell - 0
Lance - 0
Bell - 0

We do tend to gloss over the 2011 and 2012 5th places, which were the subject of much gnashing of teeth during the season but were forgiven due to winning the comp at the end of the year. It also shouldn't be forgotten that the apparent actual coaches in Sinfield and Peacock were here all through that time - as they were at the back end of 2014 when the team went on holiday after the CC final.

To add to someone else's point about the coach not being responsible for knock-ons and poor decisions etc, I'd argue quite the opposite if its happening every week for half a season. The odd game of dropsy happens to the best, but an ongoing pattern should lead to serial offenders being dropped if nothing else works.

Yes Printer that's correct, those trophy results form a part of those overall figures - it was more an observation of the ratio of points won and McDermott's current standing having fallen below that of a previous Leeds coach the then CEO had the foresight to sack mid season giving the job to a recently retired former player who played an important role in Leeds' future successes. I imagine you realised that for yourself.

Whatever happened to that CEO?

Super League titles

McDermott - 3
McClennan - 2
Smith - 2
Powell - 0
Murray - 0
Lance - 0
Bell - 0

Challenge Cups

McDermott - 2
Murray - 1
Smith - 0
McClennan - 0
Powell - 0
Lance - 0
Bell - 0

Is anybody arguing that BM hasn't achieved outstanding results in terms of trophies? Does that mean we should bring back Syd Hynes or should we look at a return for Powell once BM leaves?

I think a lot of people overestimate how good Powell was when he got the Leeds gig a couple of years early, but the evidence suggests he's probably a much better coach today.

I can neither confirm or deny that and neither can you. It would be very strange situation if the head coach had no input into first team player recruitment. GH may do the deal once the targeted players have been agreed.

So I would suggest the coach cannot escape blame for the abysmal attempts at replacing those key players

Sinfield and Peacock became key to the coaching at the point McDermott took over the full rugby side of things. That was 2013, not before then.

You do a great job of swerving some well made points that don't fit your agenda. It would be good if you addressed some of points made in Gilder's post regarding the true effectiveness/impact of our current coach on the success of the team during his tenure?

So Sinfield and Peacock weren't heavily involved before then? Even if not they were the 'coaches' during the dire end to 2014 weren't they?

No matter what people think of McD he aint going anywhere

I don't think he will yet either. But do you think he'd stay if Leeds were relegated?

Assuming you answer correctly that he'd leave then, the question really is how long he gets towards the pointy end of the season before a change is forced on the club if we continue playing like a pub team. I seriously find it hard to believe that if we continue to be walloped on a weekly basis that at some stage around the start of the Middle 8s GH wouldn't pull the pin.

If on the other hand we start showing the long-promised signs of improvement then he'll see out the year. However I'd think that he'd be effectively on notice for next year even if we sweep through the Middle 8s.

The most bizarre thing is that had we even simply plodded along mid table this wouldn't even have been a subject for much discussion apart from those fans who never liked/rated BM. He had so much credit in the bank it really is amazing that he's seemingly managed to burn through so much of it in less than a year.