Just look at what he’s done at both Leigh and Toronto though? He’s a class coach. The wire vs Toronto game was dire I agree BUT was that down to Rowley as to why there was so many yellow cards, plus the red for punching? The players he’s got aren’t the best probably on/off the field he’s got a team full of loose cannons but he’s got to scrap at the bottom of the barrel really?
Back to the style of play I’ve got to disagree on that one! When they beat Salford back in 2015 the style of play was CLASS. The aggression in the forwards to bully Salford off the ball and then the you’ve got the flair and freedom they had when moving the ball around, it’s unpredictable and sometime dangerous but how many break away tries did they make that year? Quite a lot! And then you go on to the Warrington game in which they lost’ same again the style of play could of won them that game and you could possibly say if they was a little fitter they would of gone on a and won it!
There’s pro and there’s cons to Rowley as there is with any coach but I don’t think for one second it’d be a bad choice! He’d have a far better management team around him, money to attract better and bigger stars and the chance of a real crack in super league!
Being a coach myself I understand the fine details that maybe other fans don’t see and he does it right to a tee!

The character of a team isn't measured by how they ride but how they respond when they fall off!

But real extent of it only became public knowedge over the weekend of the Cup game.

That would certainly explain why Sam both looked and played like an old man.

....and KR?

Good point.

Answer is I don't know. Maybe they heard that something bad was in the wind.

But it seems difficult to disassociate the sudden downturn in form from all this negativity of late.

FWIW, I don't dismiss the Wane news having an impact too.

The early ST, SW rumours and Zac rumours coincide with the period this incident was alleged to have happened. I think you are much nearer the mark that you actually know.