1. Grahan Murray
2. Tony Smith
3. Doug Laughton
4. Dean Bell
5. Brian Mclennan

1.Tony smith.
2.Bluey.
3.Graham murray.
4.Darryl powell
5.Doug laughton.

I'd defo go Murray over Bluey and agree with rest

It was very close mate but imo the title and wcc just swung it!

No Ken Dolby?

Who was the coach when Leeds won a few in the 70's? Should he be in?

I've gone with while i've been watching!!

glory supporter!!
only jocking pal

I know, i could of put david ward in there aswell but i picked my favourite's!

fair enough.

Ken Dalby was the Leeds historian.

You're thinking of Roy Francis and he'd still top any list I drew up on pure coaching genius.

1. Malcolm Clift
2. Dean Lance.
3. Peter Fox.

1 SMITH
2 MURRAY
3 BELL
4 LAUGHTON
5 BLUEY

Can't disagree about Roy Francis - he produced some of the best attacking/backing up rugby I have ever seen.

Whilst I’ve been watching -

1. Tony Smith (The whole of 2004 & the dismantling of the mighty S in the 2007 Grand Final does it for me)
2. Graham Murray (Challenge Cup Master)
3. Daryl Powell (2003 cc semi gets him ahead of bluey)
4. Brian McClennan (If he wins us the grand final for the third time in a row he goes top for me)
5. Dean Lance (He was ok I suppose)

Oh TVOC who statistically is the best Leeds coach of all time

Can't say I'd be having Doug Laughton anywhere near my list. He was a good coach at Widnes, at Leeds I mostly remember him for squandering a lot of cash and delivering very little.

In my time:

Smith
Murray
McClennan
Bell
Powell

I'm not sure Powell ever had it in him to get to the next level, but he had a big part to play in shaping the key players in the squad we have had for the past few seasons.

Difficult because my memory is fading!!

1- Roy Francis (years ahead of his time in charge of the most entertaining Leeds sides ever)

2-Tony Smith (brought back the glory)

3- Syd Hynes (Lots of succes in the mid 70's)

4- Graham Murray (made us a real force to be reckoned with after nearly 30 years of comparative failure)

5- Bluey - (jury still out but on the basis of actually winning a championship he makes the cut - let's see what he does this season)

I've no idea regards an all time one but I do track the Leeds coaches records during the SL Era:

Dean Bell: Played 58, Won 27, Drawn 1, Lost 30 ..... Pts For 1463, Pts Agst 1548, (Avg Scr 25 - 27) 47%

Graham Murray: Played 65, Won 48, Drawn 1, Lost 16 ..... Pts For 1852, Pts Agst 1122, (Avg Scr 28 - 17) 75%

Dean Lance: Played 43, Won 27, Drawn 0, Lost 16 ..... Pts For 1192, Pts Agst 933, (Avg Scr 28 - 22) 63%

Daryl Powell: Played 94, Won 58, Drawn 4, Lost 32 ..... Pts For 2680, Pts Agst 2182, (Avg Scr 29 - 23) 64%

Tony Smith: Played 134, Won 98, Drawn 3, Lost 33 ..... Pts For 4561, Pts Agst 2338, (Avg Scr 34 - 17) 74%

Brian McClennan: Played 48, Won 34, Drawn 0, Lost 14 ..... Pts For 1320, Pts Agst 770, (Avg Scr 28 - 16) 71%

was dougie laughton in charge when wigan scored 70+ and offiah got about 9 tries

What a Legend

I do my best......



.........oh you meant Murray.

He is a legend but so are you round here tvoc!!

Your presence on these forums are a privilege to be with. Without you we’d have people from the red rose county rewriting stat history for us.

At least some preserves the truth around here

They only scored 69, and Offiah got 10 tries. But yes, he was, he resigned a month or two later, to be replaced by his recently installed assistant, Dean Bell. As I recall.

Factually incorrect alas and as Damo pointed out we can't allow any 'red rose county' types re-writing no stat history on here.

Edit: You've managed to combine an opposition score in a Premiership Final from the 1994/95 season with an individual scoring feat in the Premiership Semi-Final from the 1991/92 season. Throw one more event in there and we'd have an axis of humiliation.