Offered position of Director of football according to Koukash on twitter.

Looks like Harris for head coach.

Thoughts?

Massively underwhelmed if true.

Not got the required pedigree, experience or nouse.

Failed at Crusaders & coached the worst team in the world cup on home soil.

First mistake by the Doc without a shadow of a doubt.

Not impressed with harris at all.

Well, I'll reserve judgement at the moment. Surely, with people like Noble and in a few weeks, Flannigan to support him, he might do a better job. To be fair, the teams he's worked with as head coach have been pretty poor too, in relation to the opposition faced.

We'll see.

Not sure about this one, it appears looking from the outside that Noble would have played a part in bringing Harris in, but reading Doc's comments on Twitter am not sure Noble is sticking around.

If left with Harris alone as head coach I don't think this is a forward step and it will surely unsettle an already up & down season even more.

Very poor decision, you need stability and a more longer term view is required.

Terrible appointment if true. There are much better assistant coaches in the NRL than Harris. I could understand this if it was a club struggling financially but not the Red Devils. Wales were shocking at the World Cup, yes they didn't have great players but there was a distinct lack of structure.

Did the players know this before the Hull game I wonder?

Madness - sheer and utter madness.

Noble is one of the best coaches in the business.

Cashcow doesn't like a few drubbings and he throws not just the baby and bathwater out but also the f***ing bath.
I simply don't believe it - and as a Wire fan - feel really sorry for the Salford fans.

Cashcow has come in and spent a lot of money and expects success - no problem with that - but instant success? and in less than half a season?

Get real - unfortunately he's just underlined the fact that he doesn't understand rugby league.

Harris is not the saviour.
He'll develop into a good coach in time, but Noble has a lot more to offer at the moment.
Which top class coach would want to be judged after a handful of games?

Unbeliveable.

Noble isn't one of the best coaches around, he is in a time warp and hasn't moved on. Have been underwhelmed by his tactics in too many games. Often you can see the improvements and the direction the coach is trying to take the team in, Not with Noble though.

Not exactly thrilled with this appointment. Could be interesting to see what he has learnt under Wane

Glad B Noble has bn sacked, never liked the way he talks about the sport. Harris far better option, Noble sounds like a dinosaur to me, no surprise the team has improved since S Long signed. Crusaders put on some gud performances under Harris, and W Bennett wouldn't have dn any better with that Welsh squad in the WC.

There are only 2 assistant coaches in the NRL who I'd have instead of Harris, one is R Stone and the other M Parish; and as you know one has already been. And no way would Rick Stone come here, he's almost certain to take over from W Bennett. Steve Georgallis is the only other guy I'd consider. And just to add, I don't like the way J Kear talks about the game either, think he does more harm than good being involved in the media especially.

Seems a crazy decision to make at this stage of the season. Noble only has months left to run on his contract and it was obvious to all Salford fans he wouldn't be offered an extension. As has been said countless times, his tactics are dated and we haven't looked good for longer than 40 minutes so far this season.

That said, we should have left things alone until the end of the year unless this has been instigated by Noble. Everyone is assuming Koukash has wielded his axe, but Noble might have felt he hasn't got it in him anymore.

Underwhelming choice of head coach though if Harris is given it permanently on a two year deal BUT he's young and British which is what a lot of fans have been asking for.

Never has the phrase "Rome wasn't built in a day" been more apt. Looks like the good Doctor thinks this is horse racing...Buy better horses...if they don't win buy better trainers....if they still don't win make them into glue?

Difference is Koukash wasn't on that job.

I think some mistake were made in the signings; but maybe some players didn't want to come here because B Noble was head coach. And maybe M Koukash has got wind of that. I don't think that's the case, but this team should be preforming better than they have dn over recent weeks.

I can only believe this is also with the agreement of Noble. Looks like negotiations have been going on for a few weeks so I believe it will suit Noble as well. Someone in the post suggested that Noble may have also been finding it tougher than expected so it may suit all round.

I am not sure about Harris so will reserve judgement, however I will feel easier if Noble is around to help guide him.
On the other hand If as also been suggested Noble has been sacked I believe this will turn out to be a very poor judgement by Koukash.

There's a lot presuming flying around about this. Truth is we don't know who or why it was instigated. It could be for good or bad reasons. I expect opposition fans to start flying off the handle because it's another good Koukash rant for the scrapbook.

You have to admit, he does give those fans plenty of ammunition in which to have a go at him??...



On a serious note, Koukash now seems to be sacking, or, if we are being kind, repositioning people who he only recently appointed, which seems to indicate that there may be a problem with the fellow doing the hiring??

Personally, I think Koukash is seriously overestimating what this Salford squad can actually achieve - Most fans, Salford or neutrals, realise the present side is far from the finished article and needs further strengthening, yet Koukash has almost convinced himself that this team should be serious trophy contenders and appears to be acting accordingly with his various rants at the side and now with this demotion/sacking of Noble.

A post with childish references to someone's name has no credibility. I didn't even bother taking on board the content of your post.

Listening to Radio Manchester and they had a theory that I would agree with - Noble was only ever a stop gap who would primarily be in place to help recruit the best possible players to start the "Devilution". He certainly has a massive contact list that would continue to be valuable in a role as "Director of Rugby". This would explain why he was only given a 12 month contract. When the job of head coach at Salford was originally up for grabs Harris was one of the main names in the frame, so maybe this has been agreed for a while?

Having said all that, I don't see why changing things at this point would be helpful to the team. Also, why is Harris the best man for the job? Either way, never a dull moment with the Doc. Plenty more column inches this week.

Think you need to look at it from the Chairmans perspective. He handed Nobby the remit to build a good team within the salary cap. None of us are privy to the conditions but lets assume he was given an open cheque book. Marwans brass too.

Do we believe the squad assembled has been value for money? His remit surely would have been to `entertain` and bring the crowds back with flowing Rugby and good results. Has BN achieved the aim? I doubt it personally & surely the Chairman thinks similarly.

The more I think of this, the more I am convinced this was Nobles doing rather than Koukash's. I reckon he's gone in and told MK that he's taken them as far as he can and doesn't want to be head coach anymore.

Stolen from Brian Clough I must admit!

Our Leader is on GMR shortly. Interesting to see how he tries to spin this farce.