I don't have a problem with Jimmy staying and who's to say that what he was trying to achieve is wrong. It may be that his lack of experience has determined that he couldn't get the squad to where he wanted them to be quick enough. Tony Smith can help him with that and if Jimmy is willing to be patient and to learn then if after Smith's contract is up and Jimmy takes over solely then we can judge him on his ability as a head coach.

The board took the risk and it didn't pay off they have now acted so lets see what happens now.

Lowes might be a good assistant coach(although i don't know what this is based on) but he strikes me as the type who will never settle for that and wants to be the top man. Even if he stays under smith and learns, which i doubt he will, i still do not want him given the head coach job until he has proven he is capable. It seems that because he was such a good player who played at the top level he seems unwilling to learn his trade as a coach at the lower levels.

Well it seems Smith has the idea to train Lowes up to be that good. Every time I've heard Smith talking about Lowes, it's always:

"Train him up to be a good head coach, either at this club, or somewhere else"

If Lowes doesn't want to play second fiddle, then he has the option to walk. Needless to say, I believe that will be a massive mistake on his part.

Plus I never said he was a good assistant coach, I said he was a good coach.

I don't think it's necessarily that. But if people give him opportunities along the way he isn't exactly going to turn them down is he.

I can't see what's wrong with him having aspirations to be the top man.

I think Lowes has already proved that comment wrong by choosing to see out this year and be mentored by Smith. There is nothing wrong with aspiring to be a head coach, surely there'd be something wrong if he didn't? But it takes humility to admit that maybe you weren't ready for the role and take a step back for somebody else. It must have been very hard to take and I can't imagine how he must be feeling with having to admit that in front of the whole RL community. Good on him for stepping on and admitting that he's not quite there yet and accepting the decision the club have made. I hope Smith can turn him into a great British coach - there isn't enough of them as it is.

I'm not too sure that these remarks made by Lowes show any humility at all. Grudgingly conceding that he was 'possibly' not ready or not good enough isn't quite the same as admitting what most people could see, which is that he was clearly neither ready nor good enough.
And as for going off for 'a couple of days mourning' - wtf? How about having a couple of days thinking about where the team have been going wrong lately and getting together with your new boss to try and find ways of sorting it out.
Humble? No. Hubristic more like.

Well said.

If Lowes is now assistant to Smith where does this leave Nigel Wright? Will you have two assistants or will Wright get the chop?

Wright is the assistant first team coach, just like Paul Wood is the assistant under 18's (I think) coach

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See, I wasn't too sure, I swear I saw a list of all of our staff which included Clarke and Wood, but I can't remember where it was.

Hey paxman, that's twice recently you've used big words on here. Knock it off, you're not on eggheads now.

I ing hate CJ.

I for one relish the chance to peruse these boards waxing lyrical whilst also finding apposite moments to show off my lexicon.

dee dee was a much better bass player.

He's always at it. I think it was him who taught cullen.

he who taught Cullen.

Me thinks you are correct.

Spelling mistakes in there though...