Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:There's two ways to look at it for me. Either he genuinely believes what Radford is telling him about the players effort and thinks one lucky win might start us on a run. If that's the case then he obviously doesn't know very much about the game and how it's played, because if he did he would be able to see for himself what is so painfully obvious to most of us who do know a thing or two.

The second possibility is that he knows he's made a mistake, but after sacking Gentle and backing Radford to the point where he has effectively said he won't be sacked no matter what, he is too stubborn to backtrack and admit his mistakes.

There's also a third option which is that he wants to act but doesn't think he can afford to after all the other recent expenses. I don't think this is likely though. He must realise that if he doesn't act in order to save money now it will only sting him worse in the future.

Wellsy13 wrote:My hope is that he's trying to arrange someone else to come in his place but has no one lined up yet so is just sticking with his man until then.
We need someone with experience. Who knows what a winning set up looks like and has the ability to implement it into a new club. Who on Earth is there available that can do that?!

K-Diddy wrote:This seems the most likely, if we get rid of Radford before somebody else is lined up what are we left with? Last and Horne?

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:There's two ways to look at it for me. Either he genuinely believes what Radford is telling him about the players effort and thinks one lucky win might start us on a run. If that's the case then he obviously doesn't know very much about the game and how it's played, because if he did he would be able to see for himself what is so painfully obvious to most of us who do know a thing or two.

The second possibility is that he knows he's made a mistake, but after sacking Gentle and backing Radford to the point where he has effectively said he won't be sacked no matter what, he is too stubborn to backtrack and admit his mistakes.

There's also a third option which is that he wants to act but doesn't think he can afford to after all the other recent expenses. I don't think this is likely though. He must realise that if he doesn't act in order to save money now it will only sting him worse in the future.

mean_machine wrote:You made metres fairly well, just looked scared to go out and play rugby.

Mild Rover wrote:i think the last is pretty plausible. It's not so much that his heels are dug in, but that his pockets are almost empty. Wilf mentioned in his diary about people leaving the club on the commercial/community side and not being replaced, a week or two ago.
It might be most cost-effective to replace the coach, but if it's not affordable it's not an option. His pre-emotive clarity on Radford staying come what may, would perhaps make more sense too.
I dunno, but I do wonder.