Confirmed to take over at Bulls next season - as my Saints fan friend said "he can lead them to new depths of mediocrity"

They've been mediocre enough this year.

No great surprise though, Potter had been linked with this job for ages

Would have thought Lowes, or the dream Leeds ticket of Cummins/Poaching might have got this

there has been a hint of a rumour that lowes is coming to bulls as potters assistant with you lot getting poching linking back up with tony smith.

What about Franny Cummins.

Quite happy with that

wasnt mentioned so I assume he's still linked with cas.

I have no doubt Potter will improve the bulls... how can he not?

well he hardly improved Saints in his time there....

yes but bradford are at rock bottom and are playing pitiful rugby league..... saints were at the very top when he took over (and the fans didnt want him)

Potter will almost certainly improve the bulls.

He will improve the Bulls,but saying that my gran could at the moment.

In 2006 saints won everything. In 2007 they won the CC and lost in the GF.
Potter took over in 2008 - there was only one way to go (and he's not gone far).

The next question is - who's going to coach Saints next season?

Royce Simmons

You're right.

So who was the last Saints coach to not win a trophy during his tenure? Pretty certain it's never happened during SL and there's a fair chance of it not happening during Potter's reign so would that not class him as a failure in the eyes of Saints fans?

Rather have Brian Potter!

He won the CC in 2008.
However, he would be the first superleague coach of saint not to win the league.
Although that may imply failure, it doesn't make him a bad coach. For instance, in three years we won a league and 2 Challenge cups under Shaun McCrae - I don't reckon many people would suggest McCrae's a better coach than Potter. We also were in an awful state at the end of not only McCrae's, but also Millward's tenure. Potter has dealt with a lot more players leaving than arriving and managed to get the kids like clough, eastmond et al to step up and fill the void. Saints are still in a decent league position, in the semis of the cup and have managed league victories over their main 3 league rivals (2 of them away from home).
He will leave us in a very good place, with a blooming squad.

I don't think mick contains the same magic as his distant relative Harry.