Cooper is going back to Warrington. You really aren't as funny as you think you are.

Apologies I meant moving forward, principally after a pre-season. Currently Smith is won 9 and lost 5 and has already has his ups and downs. But from next season it'll be interesting to see what the NRL (+ SL and international) assistant coaching experience brings to the Bulls.

And whether or not this will work compared to the prior approach of Lowes and Cummins who both suffered from inexperience and sticking to their guns/stubbornness.

I did say that he may become a good coach but, regardless of who put the squad together, he will have taken on the task, knowing and expecting that a top 4 finish was the minimum requirement.
Yes, he will likely do better next season assuming that Bradford have a similar spend available for their squad.

Bradford not making the top 4 was the biggest shock of all in the Championship.

You're telling us!

Totally agree and wasnt firing back, but I personally believe had we had Smith in charge earlier in the year we would be in the top 4. A lot of games have been lost by 4-6 points which I firmly believe better game management woth the right players (namely Moss and Chisholm) we would have comfotably in the 4. At the end of the day the board let things go on too long with Lowes, but maybe can see why after getting us to the MPG last year.

I get what you mean but that does limit you to only 28 people to pick from and of course not all of those 28 would be suitable or willing to do the job.
I don't particularly care whether the person is a head coach or assistant or any other role as long as they're the most suitable available for the job.