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happy days for us over the lump if that happened

Never happen. He'll stay over in yerksheer as they understand his slightly mental ways. What would be really hilarious is if he ended up as McDermotts assistant at Leeds. I'd pay good money just to hear the after match strange interviews.

I think Kear's been badly treated by Wakey. He's hardly had money to burn to assemble a squad, but they've largely stayed mid-table under his coaching. The problem is that because Wigan unearthed a jewel in Maguire, every club now thinks that getting an assistant coach from the NRL is a guarantee of success. Does no-one recall Hull's post-Kear decline under Peter Sharp, or the wondrous coaching of Kevin Walters at Cats?

Michael Maguire didn't exactly burn money in his first season, either.

Brought in just 1 player and took us from (relative) mid-table to champions.

Kear is a lousy coach - Blames everyone/eveything but himself in order to hang on to his job, and is VERY ungracious when his team get played off the park.

You miss my point. Maguire as you say already had a decent squad - play-off qualifiers and cup semi-finalists. Wakey pre-and-post Kear could only dream of this.