His mate Karl Harrison won't have a word said about Jimmy's coaching ability, just his refusal to use his input more. This is something Jimmy has admitted subsequently to being a mistake during Karl's time there.

I am still surprised that more fans think he was a failure at the Bulls when as pointed out he had good wins against top clubs at the end of 2014 and then took the team on a 14 game unbeaten run, stuffed Salford and got the team to within minutes of promotion at the first attempt.

Can we put to bed the 'we don't need a scrum half' myth. At the start of 2016 pre season Jimmy had half backs, Seijka and Gaskell with Mullaney as a back up. Ferres got rid of Seijka without consulting Lowes and then his best mate Mullaney cleared off as well. So the comment 'we don't need a scrum half' was made initially because he had half backs.

Lowes gets too little credit, Rohan gets too much (Top 4 anyone), and Ferres has got off scott free.

He may have left but a lot of people put the failure down to him as well. He firstly bought a massive squad (some of which never even pulled on a Bulls shirt) Then this year,after saying we were going with a smaller squad, he did the same. And all this after being installed by the RFL as a safe pair of hands to guide MG who had no rugby knpowledge whatsoever. And it should be remembered that MG was given the Bulls at the 11th hour after the RFL bumped an approved scheme to take control of the Bulls by Moore, Calvert and Watt

We can argue about Lowes merits as a coach until the cows (or preferably the Bulls) come home. Personally I felt with the resources he had at his disposal we should have been more consistent - and arguably wouldn't be in our current predicament. At times the team in 2015 and 2016 loooked clueless. Yes I agree that Rohan has also has his difficulties - noticeably at Featherstone, but he hasn't had the time the Lowes was given to put things right yet.
The thing that Rohan does posess in abundance, and to me is essential for a modern day head coach, is an ability to stay calm and level headed, especially when dealing with the media and supporters. I had the good fortune to work within the professional game for a spell and was able to observe some of the top coaches at close quarters. None of them would have dreamed of getting involved in verbal skirmishes with fans at the end of a game, but simply shaken their heads and walked away. Lowes' hot headedness may have endeared him to some, and undoubtedly was an asset on the field of play, but in my opinion will always be his undoing as a head coach.

is as much about man management as it is about imparting knowledge. Man management, means getting the best out of your charges and treating them individually, in such a manner as to get them to give their best. You can't treat everyone alike, except in the sense that you treat all of them in the best way to get the best from them. Some people need a rocket up their backsides to get the best out of them, some need gentle encouragement, some may respond better to simply being told they've let you down, and, yes...some may well need an arm around their shoulder from time to time. It goes without saying that you also need a coach who knows the difference.

We do the same thing with Karl Harrison