Brian McDermott getting some good plaudits for his work at the Knights.

Time to start a McDermott back thread? I noticed him the coaches box at the Nights last week. He’s done it all in SL yet still feels that he can get something out of the game, good on him.

Getting all bleary eyed for mcdermott, yeah he started this rot...

I always used to say that McDermott just loved creating adversity where is wasn't really needed sometimes, flogging certain players, completely ignoring others (remember his name a player on the bench but don't bring them on move?)

remember v Bradford a young Walters being thrown about like a rag doll in the centres. he could have moved delaney there but left Walters on. we got beat. he said Walters had to learn to cope with it. ridiculous

He was a guest speaker at a rugby dinner I attended and he told us that in his opinion the starting 13 should be fit enough and tough enough to play a whole 80 mins no subs every one in the room laughed his face was like thunder the compair cut in and said if they were as hard as you Brian you'd only need ten! True story.

We used to have a few forwards like that (Peacock, JJB, Ablett)
No wonder we were that good!

To be fair to McDermott, when you've been trained as a marine and been shot at, 80 minutes of playing pro rugby league probably feels quite recreational.

I remember Handley saying that McDermott said to him I don't care how well you play you can score an hatrick but once Briscoe is fit you are out of the team.What sort of man management is that.

Terrible, but it worked for his favourites I guess….