Huddersfield Giants - claretandgold.co.uk • Re: Anyone want stone back now?
Jo Jumbuck wrote:
Iv'e never understood this business about coaches who haven't got their own team, or they have inherited players they didn't sign.
If a coach takes on a job , he takes it on and if he's done his homework he will have researched the club and know what is what. That said, Having taken the job it's his job to get the best out of the players available until he is able to strengthen somewhat, If he is a good coach the team should progress even if slowly, If he is a very good coach the players will improve hugely, and if he is a great coach the team will be in contention for what's available. and that has been and is being done at other clubs.
Where the Giants have been unlucky is with injuries, if it is all down to bad luck, whatever it's been going on for three years now and that seems to be a long time for a streak of bad luck to last.
The bottom line is that Rick didn't do what he came to do for whatever reason and so he had to go, That's what happens in Rugby league clubs,
He's had less time than many of his predecessors but that has been a costly policy in the past on occasions. I'm hoping that the end of Rick is far from the end of the changes but i feel that is a forlorn hope.
Rick Stone actually did exactly what he was told to do and that was stave off relegation then get into the top 8, he did both with a game to spare and this year his task was stability while trying to sort the squad out, he was actually doing his job well again but it was the supporters and mainly some top sponsors who put pressure on the club to terminate his employment or they would withdraw their backing so i was told.
Statistics: Posted by Alan Cargill — Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:41 pm