Maynard GONE [Official]

[Med Pie]

If The Bros have learned anything, I hope it's that it doesn't matter what title you give them, the guy in charge in the dug out on match day needs to be able to inspire, manage and change tac depending on the state of the game. The glove puppet didn't have any of those qualities, he must of thought all his birthdays had come at once when he was offered the Notts job. In my view he was the biggest chancer, but I don't blame him for accepting

I'm no Maynard fan but that's a little unfair, it was a gross error on the brothers part IMHO and his inexperience was brutally, exposed.

[Old_pie]

I'm no Maynard fan but that's a little unfair, it was a gross error on the brothers part IMHO and his inexperience was brutally, exposed.

Gross error? The guy was a handful of points away from automatic promotion. We've had gross errors in appointments in the past, this wasn't one of them and I'm sure the Bros as are many of us disappointed that he didn't grow in experience in his time here. Gross and brutally; easy to say in hindsight. Fine margins between failure and success and with changes during the season there were shifting sands. The Bros have made the right decision now they have 18 months of data and facts.

[Old_pie]

Isn't that why we have head coaches not managers!? The club gets them, the coach is supposedly meant to coach them into being better players within the style of play adopted.?...

Yes except Maynard kept referring to "The management team" not "the coaching staff" especially whilst Saunders & Co were still around. It grated with me and I posted as much at the time and it smacked of him wanting to be a manager. In the end he disappointed as a coach and possibly lost confidence with himself.

[durhampie]

I'm no Maynard fan but that's a little unfair, it was a gross error on the brothers part IMHO and his inexperience was brutally, exposed.

He was useless and completely out of his depth. The trigger should have been pulled at the end of last season.. His uncertainty regarding team selection, tactics and substitutions have cost us promotion this season.

[Med Pie]

He was useless and completely out of his depth. The trigger should have been pulled at the end of last season.. His uncertainty regarding team selection, tactics and substitutions have cost us promotion this season.

I agree but the brothers have to share some of the blame.

[bule1]

He was useless and completely out of his depth. The trigger should have been pulled at the end of last season.. His uncertainty regarding team selection, tactics and substitutions have cost us promotion this season.

How much influence do you think the players had on this if any (directly or indirectly).

[matt_magpie]

He was useless and completely out of his depth. The trigger should have been pulled at the end of last season.. His uncertainty regarding team selection, tactics and substitutions have cost us promotion this season.

Absolute rubbish Durham, we have other threads basically saying only 4 or 5 players were consistently good all season. He was slow on subs to the eye but if I was him and looked around at our bench for the majority of the season I wouldn?t have been in a rush to bring them on. I didn?t not agree with many selections as basically 8 or 9 were fairly obvious the rest were like county bingo.

The DOF and owners recruited for 352, so he had no choice.

That said my gut feel is he isn?t to the level yet but he?s a way off useless.

[durhampie]

I agree but the brothers have to share some of the blame.

How do you work that out ? They gave him an opportunity to make a name for himself, but the job proved too much. As regards the January window and the fact the two coaches weren't replaced. This was because the Bros already new at that time that it wasnt worth spending large amounts of money on recruiting new coaches and players with this guy at the helm, so decided to leave it until the season was over.

[Med Pie]

How do you work that out ? They gave him an opportunity to make a name for himself, but the job proved too much. As regards the January window and the fact the two coaches weren't replaced. This was because the Bros already new at that time that it wasnt worth spending large amounts of money on recruiting new coaches and players with this guy at the helm, so decided to leave it until the season was over.

You just undermined your own argument Durham. Had they had that strength of feeling, they should have fired him in January and another coach would possibly have got us up. It is the brothers who overestimated his ability.

[Med Pie]

How much influence do you think the players had on this if any (directly or indirectly).

A lot, not in terms of their opinions but certainly in their abysmal performances.