Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:17 am  

Not sure about KH as a SL head coach (but I said the same of Lowes) however he is the kind of physical presence sometimes needed, especially for younger squad members. Looks like a good coaching set up, certainly far better than Cummins ever had at his disposal.

[Bulliac]

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:56 am  

Agree TT. Karl has experience in the championship too, which has to be a plus.

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:06 am  

Agree with the last few posts re Karl, a one year contract with a possible extension given performance objectives seems good.

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:39 am  

I'm surprised by Karl taking up the assistant coach post. I thought that working Part Time suited him with his other business interests (he has a kitchen/furnishings company IIRC). Cant see the post being a part time one.

On the plus side, he was assistant coach during the most successful period in the Bulls history so knows what it takes. Hopefully he'll add a lot of aggression to the pack, something that was missing last year and will definitely be needed this coming season.

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:45 am  

I think this is an absolutely brilliant appointment at every level...

* has worked at the club before and so has history from a successful period
* did well as coach at Salford and got them to playoffs which no other Salford coach has done even with Koucash's millions
* has extensive experience in the Championship and knows the players there very well
* has actually coached two of the teams we will play next season

It's hard to think that we could have done better than this appointment

On the slightly wider canvas, I think Marc Green deserves massive kudos for investing in the staff. As well as a top line Assistant (which we haven't had for donkey's years), we have Diskin eager to make an impact with the Under 19s, the very highly regarded John Bastian as Head of Youth and the England Physio as our Conditioner.

Looks like a really solid team to me!

[Pumpetypump]

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:01 am  

It's a frustrating experience trying to maintain a cup half empty attitude at the moment.

[Bulliac]

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:20 am  

I'm sure some could manage it...

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:55 am  

It's OK folks - Harrison can't coach, litterich on the other thread has confirmed it. Phew! Almost felt a twinge of optimism for a fleeting moment, glad that's sorted now.

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:50 pm  

So instead of being the best, young, blah blah coach etc, he is in fact renowned as a p1$$ poor, old coach.

Why am I profoundly reassured by this?

Re: New Signings/Re-Signings : Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:23 pm  

Bulk of squad new, coaching team new, conditioner new, commercial team new, directors new, league new for the Bulls, commercial approach - refreshingly new

An awful lot of work to do in the off-season but for me this is a completely new start - so rather then base any opinions on what the "newbulls" have or haven't done in the past I am happy to wait till the season starts and the new team gets on the pitch, but I must admit the ingredients already in place are better than seemed possible not long ago.

Anticipation building