Mike wrote:Whelley Warrior wrote:Butt Monkey, you may have a good point as Noble was also appointed as Coach of Wigan by Whelan and we too had little or no success like Salford until the club was bought by Leneghan.
But at the same time, we are again coming back to the same point about a person owning a club who knows sod all about the game!
As for the appointment of Tim Sheens, that is indeed a good appointment, but was he advised by someone else?
I'm not sure if you'd need "advising" to make this appointment. I need a good coach. I'll get the coach of the best international side to work for me.
Mike, what is agreed is that Koukash had no (or little) background knowledge of Rugby League.
Now he asks for an experienced "old hand", one with a decent past reputation, one who has coached at international level, to help plan the future team of his dreams and aspirations, somehow he ended up with Brian Noble. If you were in exactly the same position, would you sign the best for that job or go with what you are told by other RL people?
He could and should have expected, with his open chequebook, to sign someone who would not sign players "willy nilly", offering huge payouts for sons of ex-players, one seasons wonders and other players with backgrounds and reputations that were "dubious" to say the least!
Morley, Puletua and Meli are classic examples of a coach being indulged. None offered any long term strategy or even intelligent thinking, as all three were not either 100% fit or would offer more first team games than they played for their previous sl teams.
Signings from Batley and London with the addition and Hock and Hansen, Chase and Smith all arrived. Out of all of those only Hansen was consistent in his form and could be considered in his pomp at SL level.
You reply to caboosegg about football, and teams virtually buying success. Yes, money DOES make a difference, especially when no salary cap is involved. It is far different when there is.
I would ask anyone, do you, and would you, have signed all those players that Noble did and go optimistically into a season knowing you would have to replace a large chunk of them in only another year or maybe two (if lucky) and be happy with that return?
Koukash obviously was not. Noble didn't care.
Overseas players are often quoted as coming over for a last pay day. Noble gave many retiring SL a last pay deal at Salford!