What do you think the board have specified as a remit for Tony Smith. I'd go for:

Support JL and get his confidence back
Improve the performance of the team
Win a trophy!!

As I'm of the mind that there are issues we aren't aware of - I'm optimistic that he's been asked to sort out the off the field discipline too.

WIN

nothing more nothing less

From what heard on the radio smith is going to be in charge of tactics, team talk etc hes not really there to support lowes

Why are people struggling to grasp what Tony Smiths job is?

Tony Smiths job is the same as what his job was at Leeds, and Lowes' job is the same as what Francis Cummins was to Smith.

He was Head Coach at Leeds, though.

He is here in all but name

Just as he will be at Warrington. I suspect the title is more to do with the contract Lowes has already signed, which would be expensive to break for the club, but the bottom line is exactly what it says on the tin: Smith is in charge.

Oh, and free Wire71.

I was trying to put it into a context that certain people would understand.

The club havn't really helped matters regarding the job titles they have branded about today.

Lowes is Smith's assistant, its as plain and simple as that.

Everything to do with the first team & the other sides we run, including telling Lowes where to place the cones.

Amen brother.

Is it a case of Smith coaching Lowes, then?

You will find that most head coaches will mentor their assistants, but assistants also have a valuable input in terms of the dynamics of the coaching team and also sometimes questioning why the head has done something or helping to work out why something did not work.

Hopefully. Use of English would be a good start, followed by demonstrating a positive and professional outward impression to the media/public.

No.

If Lowes can feed off the experience of working under Tony Smith, I'm sure he will. But as you already know, Smith Isn't there to coach James Lowes, or bring his coaching on, that parts upto Lowes.

I'm not struggling with anything. I was trying to extract peoples expectations of what they want Tony smith to achieve in a non argumentative manner ie using the forum to express in the manner it is intended.

If I knew, I wouldn't have asked.

Fair enough, I had you down as a smart ar.se

But that isn't to say I still don't.

Reminds me of The Beautiful South song Just A Few Things That I Ain't, that.

"I've been wide ass, lard ass, on and off a smart ass..."