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Sunday, 3 March 2013

Viva gonna leavea and who next for the hot seat

After Friday nights defeat by London the Dr speaking to GMR was not to pleased with his sides performance and vowed that such ineptness would never happen again.
After watching the video again (which would have been grim) has obviously decided that Phil Vievers was the man who the axe should land on.
Personally I do feel a little sorry for Phil Vievers with his win ratio only second after the same amount of games to Andy Gregory, Salfords most successful coach in super league era.  Playing an exciting brand of rugby last season but with a squad assist stripped before Dr Koukash arrived was on a hiding to nothing even with new player's purchased in the last few weeks.


On the flip side 1 win in last 12 super league matches for a club Salford want to be isn't good enough and defensive frailties there for all to see with nearly 200 points conceded in the last 5 games maybe the Dr thinks a change of head coach will improve performances on the field.
The big question is who has the doctor in mind to galvanize the players and create a winning culture at the club.

It could be YOU?...you.....or even you.

With the Dr demanding the best and having the money to recruit it the Salford head coach role is now a different kettle of fish and will have a long list of applicants.
Salford City Reds are rugby leagues sleeping giant and in my opinion the biggest job in Rugby league.
Its easy to amend an already successful club or to continue to be successful if the right structures are in place but to build a successful dynasty from scratch will test even the most successful coach.

Lots of names in the frame early doors both with Salford links and not.
Bobby Goulding has been mentioned,  Malcom Alker and Matt Parish would be a blast from the past.  Would this kind of appointment be good for the club? In my opinion no we are a new club basically being run with a clean slate running through it and bringing back colourful characters would be a backward step.

Coaches based in England can't be ignored Brian Noble has a very impressive record and has been successful where ever he has been winning super league titles and challenge cups.
John Kear a coach who builds teams that are very motivated and has also won challenge cups could also be in the mix.
Tony smith of Warrington would be an excellent choice, he is an excellent forward thinking coach and would certainly send the club into orbit regarding preparation and coaching but I suspect the Dr would have to send a huge lorry load of money down the M62 to get a sniff of a chance.

As I dont follow Australian Rugby league I am not going to stick a particular name in the frame.
Doing a bit of research lots of salford fans are mentioning Brian smith who has had a very succesful career and voted coach of the year in 2010 Daily M awards, Tim Sheens who maybe looking for work in 2014 but currently Australian National Coach, Stephen Kearney who won a world cup with New Zealand, Daniel Anderson was very successful last time around in Super league and Royce Simmons may fancy another crack at super league and to build a dynasty to cover past failure to do so with St Helens.
Time will tell who the Dr will choose to coach salford but in reality the new man will need time and  new Xfactor player's to make their time in charge a success.  

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