jonh wrote:Working hard should not guarentee you a top sallary. Noble will without doubt be one of the highest paid coaches in rugby league and he has been poor for the club. He could put in 23 hour a day shifts and sleep in the gym but he lacks the ability to justify what will be a significant wage, hence in my opinion he is either stealing a living or should be charged with fraud.
I know it is not his fault he is paid what he is but for his sallary we should see improvement not regression.
Thats a very tough statement. I think he may have took us as far as he is going to. But he took over a side at the bottom of the league with a paper thin, dire team.
If he left and somebody else came in they would have a pretty strong squad that only needs a couple of additions to possibly become a real force. He has given the club as a whole a bit of stability that a new coach would benefit from.
Just look at the academy/reserve sides last year reaching the grand finals, the whole club has progressed under Noble although the first team has started very slowly, I think the CC is a realistic expectation and if we get in the top 5 we would have a real crack at the playoffs.
I am not sure what sacking him now would achieve. There aren't many coaches about that are unemployed and I think he deserves to see the year out (the end of his contract) and see exactly where we are in september.
Also, Saints lost 5 of their first ten last year and came back very strong so lets just get behind him and the team and see if we can get some confidence back in the side
