Quote ="Marsdengiant"You keep advertising your stupidity. In National 1 , as it was, Smith had the most expensive team by a mile. In SL under Sharp the Giants were not full salary cap unlike 7/8 clubs. This is basic stuff that you do not even know
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You keep making the mistake that im on about the players that are brought to the club. Im not. So the salary cap is irrelevant. Im on about the 2 coaches reletative skill at coaching players. 1 is obvious, the other is now an assistant at the league's basement club.
Quote ="Marsdengiant"Your stupidity re the academy is even greater. The guys you refer to signed years after Smith had gone! '"
And who put the systems into place? It would be like saying that because Ryan Hall has come through at Leeds this year that Tony Smith had nothing to do with it. Of course he did. He put the systems into place at Leeds that allowed for the likes of Hall to show his potential.
Quote ="Marsdengiant"You are so desperate to blow smoke up Smith's a**e that players who were only 13 when Smith left the club are all down to Smith. Please tell me you are joking. No one is that thick
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I'm not desperate to praise Smith, he made mistakes at Leeds that cost us a Challenge Cup and has made many mistakes with the England team. Nor am I desperate to critisice Sharp. Im putting forward a widely held view that Smith is and was a better coach than Sharp. I dont think thats unreasonable considering Smith, got Hudds promoted, won the league, 2 GF's and a WCC with Leeds, a Challenge Cup with Warrington and is currently the England head coach.
Sharp, got sacked, went to Hull FC who finished even lower than his last attempt with Hudds, got sacked and has been demoted to assistant at SL's bottom club.
Quote ="Marsdengiant"Sharp got results with a low spend team. Live with it sonny.'"
Yeah and Smith got much better results with a low spend and even lower reputation team.