Is McNamara worth a punt?


Several final appearances and brought through a lot of local youngsters.


No other proven top coaches available, so would it be worth giving him a year to see what he can do?   If he’d accept a one year contract of course…

Hugely experienced coach in SL, NRL assistant and international. 

Let Sam get back to his beloved Australia a year early and a 3 or 4 year contract, if he would want to take the the job on. 

Anyone but Burgess - show pony, completely out of his depth. 

i have been musing this, the downside is him being another curmudgeonly miserable yorkshire get, however, with nrl and catalans experience, probably a bit more open minded.

Absolutely no from me.. Rather the club bring back Steve Price.. 

Just looked at his coaching record
In nearly 2 decades of coaching, he won one pot......against a poor Warrington side (shock)
Plenty of Heroic failures, and sacked from his last job.


HE'S PERFECT FOR US.


When does he start.

And a no from me as well. 

In the last four years he's also got to two Grand Finals with a pretty average Catalans team and won a LLS. 

I think that when we appoint our next head coach - whenever that might be - our directors first need to acknowledge the sheer scale of the task, and understand the experience and strength of character required to tackle it. It's a job that breaks coaches. Instead of pretending that we are still a big player in Super League, the directors need to be completely open and honest about the inherent problems facing this club, and appoint a coach who can put forward a convincing, detailed strategy for meeting those challenges. Stop being starstruck by big names, stop looking for quick fixes, stop thinking that social media clicks are more important than turnstile clicks. I usually try to remain level-headed and optimistic about Wire, but it is pretty difficult to be that way at the moment. I am genuinely worried about the future of the club, because I sense we are approaching a tipping point where a lot of long-time fans have just about had enough and are drifting away in disillusionment. I'm not talking about the usual "that's it, I've had it with Wire" that comes in the heat of the moment after most bad defeats. I am referring to that sad realisation, when game day comes around, that you'd probably rather do something else with your time than watch Wire and be let down again. That's when it gets serious. I think there was a cautious sense of optimism when Burgess took over, but here we are again, down among the deadbeats and with uncertainty and rumours abounding. As for easyWire's question, I would say that McNamara is a coach of the right calibre and experience, so I wouldn't be upset if he was 'next man up', as Burgess used to say. But whoever it is, we really need to get the appointment right this time. The consequences of botching it again don't bear thinking about.

Good post. The trouble is the board have gone on record to say they now demand more involvement in RL matters following Powell's exit. I reckon this is half the problem, together with some key positions in the club being filled by people who are clearly out of their depth.


In hindsight, we should have probably backed Powell to the hilt instead of turning on him. He was up against this dysfunctional board and sulking players. He didn't help himself mind. 

You definitely right in the first part but it wasn’t about helping himself it was about steadying a sinking ship that if he had the full backing of the board I believe he could have achieved it. The problem is the sulking players you refer to had the ear of the board. They may aswell have sent him out on the Titanic. He was never going to reach the destination.

Challenge Cup finals, grand final loses and the odd LLS, nothing we haven't done before. We need a consistent, proven, winner.