Re: Coaching : Tue Jul 12, 2022 6:08 am  

Haven’t seen anything in Smith to dislike!

Re: Coaching : Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:33 am  

Think the main judgement on Smith will come next season after full preseason and a few players he has chosen too…..

Re: Coaching : Tue Jul 12, 2022 4:42 pm  

I'm on the fence.
Am liking the attacking we're seeing.
That said, it'll take more to win a grand final. Smith hasn't the players right now to take it up that extra couple of gears; hopefully he'll get them and take us all the way. But at this stage it's still hope rather than belief for me.

Re: Coaching : Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:03 pm  

So now we have the attack firing and Smith quite rightly taking all the plaudits for it no one has mentioned Long.
Is he a good attack coach or not?
Serious question as I have no idea

Re: Coaching : Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:05 pm  

LeedsLurch wrote:

So now we have the attack firing and Smith quite rightly taking all the plaudits for it no one has mentioned Long.
Is he a good attack coach or not?
Serious question as I have no idea

No , he is just taking cash that could be used elsewhere

Re: Coaching : Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:03 pm  

LeedsLurch wrote:

So now we have the attack firing and Smith quite rightly taking all the plaudits for it no one has mentioned Long.
Is he a good attack coach or not?
Serious question as I have no idea

Is he still there? I can't remember seeing him recently

Re: Coaching : Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:32 am  

Interesting question. Why wasn't he able to make an impact under Agar? All very strange. We either hired an attack coach and didn't use him right, or we hired him, he was poor and Smith is responsible for our improved attack, in which case we'll see how it pans out

Re: Coaching : Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:01 am  

I'd imagine its a combination of things. Agar seemed utterly confused about what he was trying to do. It seems quite likely that the players and coaching staff were in a similar mess.

One thing's for sure, we would never have produced attack like against Wigan with the halfbacks we played under Agar. Clearly Smith takes most of the credit, as he will also have to take most of the criticism when things don't go well. But it may be that Long is capable of a lot more than we saw under Agar, and Smith was quick to praise Long and JJB a few weeks ago.

Re: Coaching : Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:42 am  

I think the main thing about Smith that I like is that he is already making the tough decisions.

He's not keeping Dwyer, as he's not up to his standards or the way he wants to play.

He got rid of Walker (on loan), as he wasn't going to get in the team.

He's making his stamp on the playing roster already, including the signings we are making.

On the Long debate, I think good leadership involves delegation and the ability to play to someones strenghts. Perhaps Long was stiffled under Agar, and his ideas not used. It would make sense, because we played some dire stuff under Agar.

Re: Coaching : Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:50 am  

What a remarkable difference he's made. https://twitter.com/leedsrhinos/status/ ... 5462030336

What a remarkable difference he's made. https://twitter.com/leedsrhinos/status/ ... 5462030336