Would anyone have him back at the KC?

Assistant coach? Attack coach? Head coach?

Wouldn't be surprised to see him here in some capacity

attacking coach atleast

He'll be head coach at Doncaster Knights next season

Nope! Never want hime anywhere near FC ever again. Guy could have been a legend but instead will always be a JUDUS and 1000X worse than Garry Schofield!!!

It be just our luck if the failed championship coach ends up in Raddors buddies club though

School kicked you out again?

Grow up. He made a bad choice, it happens. Typical Hull mentality of holding a grudge for life.

Did you feel the same way when Prescott left us? How about Divorty?
Both came back.

He's completely failed at donny so why the hell would we want him anywhere near our club? one inept east hull coach is enough for me

Well said.

Embarrassing how some Hull fans are stuck in the past.

Hardly the same is it?
I don't want him back. He would need to get on his knees in the centre circle at the least and beg forgiveness

Agreed, it's nowhere near the same.

I don't wish Cooke any malice, and we got the best years out of him before he went to the Darkside, but don't want him back at the club.

Don't see we need him anyway, his record at Donny suggest he doesn't have a lot to offer, If we want a local lad to work with our attack look no further than Richard Horne IMO.

A proper FC hero and role model compared to money chasing fool with no loyalty.

I'm in the 'don't want him back' camp.

He's having some time away from the game. So he won't be at KC.

I don't care what he did to us but he just doesn't seem to be a very good coach

And there goes your rugby league knowledge in one post. To dare to compare Divorty and Prescott to Judus show you know absolutely fr1gg all so i think you best butt out and leave the thread to those that do

My thoughts exactly.

I'm not sure what he'd bring to us anyway , Donny are in a hole with worst attack and second worst in defense in the championship.

Refused to play the way the Donny fans wanted apparently.

Winning way? Lol, the squad at donny isn't the best in that league to be fair.

What's a "judus"?

In principle, it's exactly the same. Prescott left, he came back. So did Radford, if you recall. All players left to either better themselves or because they were getting a raw deal at this club.

Its good that the club don't think the same way as the narrow minded, vitriolic "fans" who think they have a right to hide behind a keyboard. Doncaster is our dual-reg club and invaluable at giving players game time.

If he comes to Hull to help further a fledgling career, thats fine with me. He was one of the best attacking players we produced and gave us a very memorable moment in 2005.

Just think, if he was a poor player, would you be bothered? Nope, which shows nothing but a childish spite.

He's not coming anyway so no need to be worrying if you don't like that he left our club, playing RL is a job to these blokes leaving one club for another is normal,it's just the timing was bad & who he went to, I've posted in the past what our fans called him & did to him, & we need to move on from it.

As others have said, Cooke's departure knackered us, but it was 9 years ago and let's face it he is the most influential player in the city of the last decade, winning us a trophy and helping us to a Grand a Final, then keeping Rovers in SL. Seems to have turned his life around, and we'll never know how much the club played a role in him going, so pointless bearing a grudge. I wish him well, but it's not like Doncaster's stats are aspirational, so think we're better off apart. Time to put the "Judas" nonsense to bed and let him get on with his life.

Good post. I agree, it's his recent track record why I'd steer clear, not any of the other stuff.

wouldn't object to him being an attacking coach, but surely Leon Pryce knows more about playing attacking rugby and winning silverware?

What does that mean? Doncaster fans don't demand any particular style of play other than commitment.

I still believe Cooke will be a top manager somewhere, it's less than 12 months since he got the Divisional Coach of the year and got us to our highest place for 15 years. This year a number of mistakes were made (recruitment and preseason training seem to be the big two for me) and this has snowballed into the mess we're in now. It is certainly not the fault of one person, but in this game that is usually where to buck stops. It had gone to far for him to rectify it and he and the club knew it had to change. He will undoubtedly not make those mistakes again in his career and will be the better for it. Personally I think he needs to go and be an assistant somewhere for a few years.

He has left the club with the best wishes of the Dons fans and heap full of praise.

James Webster???