Peter Gentle ticks a few boxes so good luck to Hull.

Whether he can be a success at Hull I wouldn't know and neither do any Hull fans. And to be fair the same will apply to whoever gets the Rovers job.

Peter Sharp ticked a few boxes but his after match analysis made Richard Agar seem like Shakespeare. 'Aw we was a bag' o rubbish mate'.

Very inspirational.

Who knows what flaws will be revealed as we get to know Gentle and Wrigley/ Moore/ Cameron a bit more intimately.

But you've got to appoint someone and personally I prefer the way Rovers have gone about it.

Rovers have sought out as much professional advice as possible and from very respected figures still involved very very closely with the NRL. The selection process is quite meticulous even involving the kind of management assessment techniques used in industry. At the end of this each candidate will have no less than a half day interview in which to discuss not just first team matters but youth development, public relations, player discipline, sports science, etc etc.

For Hull it was 'who do you fancy Shaun?' 'Hmmmm...that Gentle fella seems to be in demand'.

In the end it is the subjective judgement of the HKR management team and it is the subjective judgement of Shaun McRae and they could both get it right or wrong but I believe Rovers have left no stone unturned whereas (just my opinion) McRae is someone who should have joined the SKY TV team because that is the only area he has seemed comfortable in for a number of years.

But I must say his new job does seem a very cushy number. I predict that if/when Gentle doesn't cut the mustard McRae will be the hero who sacks him. Good on yer Shaun wish you'd been around to sack Agar. Bit like Simms at Salford.

Still posting total =#FF0000We have a swear filter for a reason-AS then, eh?

Well I believe everything you post, such as

I can't believe he took his time to write that.

I think he makes sum valid points ya know

Oh don't stop him! It was the perfect tonic to the Ganson rip-off on telly.




Who sent you the tape, Bob?

Every Rovers fan I spoke to before Gentle was confirmed at Hull was hoping for him. Ah well.

The only part that makes any sense to me!

Such as?

Evening General.

That macrae should have gone to sky

You need to seek some help. I say that more out of compassion than criticism. Good luck, Gordon.

Thought we were discussing OUR new coach appointment (to be) not the dark sides.

Can't fault the board for a lack of thoroughness. I know too little about the reported candidates to be able to have any sort of preference - they all seem of a type. It's exciting though - we should know this week I assume.

tbh we know very little about most Aussie coach's, no one knew Maguire would do so well, or Tony Smith when he first came over did they. its gotta be seen as a gamble as they have NO experience of coaching a first team, you just have to hope the gamble pays off. IMO i think Gentle will do really well at Hull, hopefully whoever we bring in will do the same

Hope hudge has appointed the coach before he saw tonights game,otherwise he might not want to come!

Really? would it be any better if we fluked a grand final win and his job discription was top that.

Think we would have more chance of winning the grand national!

Seems to be very protracted, almost as if rovers had someone lined up when they moved morgan on, only for the deal to fall through at the 11th hour.

Thank god for that, Hull have had enough coaches who didn't know their ass from their elbow in recent years

Interesting point. mcrae probably knows gentle, or at least knows of him and knows plenty of people who will know him and will have worked with him.

I'm sure hudge and his cronies will have looked up their candidates on wiki and phil lowe may have given a couple of his aussie mates from the 70's a call to see if they've heard of them.

I know who out of hudge and mcrae I'd trust with making recruitment decisions

Thorough.





They've conducted initial video interviews, requested 3-year plans, flown to Australia for face to face interviews, are even doing those psychobabble tests (I'm sceptical about those, but they're harmless if you don't put too much weight on them). Your defence of McCrae is fair enough, but then you've done a dump on your own argument.

The head coach job Hull KR is a career wrecker, no coach has left the club in the recent past and gone onto better things, Morgan thought he'd walk into another top job but looks like he'll have to settle for an assistants role at best. The huge ego's at boardroom level means any prospective coach will be continually looking over his shoulder on matchdays for regular undermining of his position before and after the matches.

Quite why any half decent coach would want to go on a 24000 mile round trip to work under such conditions is beyond me. No doubt Hudge will get his right man, whether he's the right man for Hull KR though remains to be seen.

Can you Sie a Bold appointment?