Quote: Cokey "If you really don't know what you need, you really are in the $h!t.
You mean when French and field was out for the season?
Personally I think you're in denial what really is required. You've been on a suck it and see journey with failure, and you're just digging a bigger hole for yourself. I'm not having a go at your club, I'm just stating facts. You have a massive hill to climb...Good luck.'"
I don't think it's denial as such, more a case of not knowing what direction the club is going in. As fans we can probably talk for ages about what we want and need and probably form a consensus on what direction we want the club to take. But we're not the ones in charge and we don't have a say in what the club will actually do.
The problem in the past is that when things go wrong at the club, they tend to rip up what they were doing and go for something completely different. A case in point is that I recall during Peter Gentle's time in charge that Adam Pearson was using Huddersfield as an example and model for what we were trying to build but when Gentle was sacked and replaced by Lee Radford, the model template became Wigan. So not only did we change styles of coach but also the clubs philosophy. And we have repeated this ever since.
I agree that we have failed, are in a big hole and have a massive hill to climb. I think all FC fans can see that and I think that all rugby fans in general can see that (some even revelling in our current demise). The biggest thing that Myler has to do right now is figure out what our identity is as he said in one of his first interviews. And then he's got to find a coach that suits that identity. That coach needs to be given time and patience to deliver but also, if that coach ends up failing again, that identity plan has to stick. The club has to know what they are trying to build so that even if they end up with the wrong personnel to start with, the plan remains in place.
Using football as an example, this weekend sees Jurgen Klopp leave Liverpool but by all accounts his successor has a very similar philosophy to Klopp so the club seem to have decided that they want to keep on the path they have been on because they have identified an identity that's been successful for them. Contrast that to Man Utd for example and there has seemed to be a lack of identity there since Fergie left with every manager that's followed bringing a different style and philosophy with him and mixed results.
