Warrington Wolves • Re: Tony Smith Letter to the fans
Superblue wrote:
For me Smith had everything in place to have won the big prize at some point in his 9 year spell but being candid, he failed.
Sure there were some tremendous occasions in his tenure that had been a long time coming, but not the tag of Champions. That honour always went somewhere else.
Sadly history can be harsh, and I think will remember Smith for what he didn’t achieve, rather than what he did.
The way we will remember Smith I think will depend on how his successors do in the near future. If a coach wins Super League for Warrington in the next 5 years that will almost certainly trump the cup wins for most fans (whether that's right or wrong is a debate for another time) but if we don't win it soon then I think Smith will be remembered as the coach who brought us a brief period of success with a team playing great rugby, and that will stick in their mind for a long time until we eventually (if ever?!) win the elusive big one.
Either way Smith has been a great coach and a legend for us but (in my humble opinion) was kept on too long on sentimental grounds because he achieved success after such a long drought.
Statistics: Posted by easyWire — Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:28 pm