mrs cindy russell wrote:Shaun has already been the DOR at HFC and although he was here for a number of years, unfortunately we won nothing during his tenure at FC. He is now coaching at Salford and after leaving the Rabbittoes (again where he didn't see silverwear). I like Shaun, and agree he can talk a very good game.....but I would still prefer a coach who spends more time with the squad and a lot less on the tv.
As most who know me have a good idea of my thought on Eddie & Stevo and I think that Shaun would make an ideal replacement to retire both of them. He would boost sales of Sky using his knowledge of SL as well as the NRL with only Bill Arthur to act as the chap on the field with Phil et al.
......grannyfan Cindy
You can not possibly say that, there is a big difference, Shaun McRae did a fantastic job for us, it took him a number of years to turn us into a competive team. He sold this club to many of the talented players that have put on the famous black and white in recent years like swaino and jason smith. He built the core of the squad that won the cup in 2005. Its not a coincidence for me that we won a trophy the first year after he left. He had some hand in our cup win of 2005 i dont care what anyone says. As for leaving for the souths he left for a club who had no chance of getting in the playoffs let alone winning the nrl. Regarding Salford, how many promoted clubs have you seen win at knowlsey road and headingley in the same year. So i think that somes it up pretty well.
Could McRae win us trophies?? We will stand in better stead than if Agar and Sharp are still at the helm.