Never a dull moment, that's for sure:
26/08/14 [urlhttp://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12207/9441002/super-league-marwan-koukash-pleased-with-salford-red-devils-under-iestyn-harris[/url
to cancelling the Salford Red Devils "Player of the Year" event via Twitter....citing a need to concentrate on the last 2 games of the season and next year. [urlhttps://twitter.com/drmarwanK/status/506765827535040512[/url

Seems that he does wear his heart on his sleeve.....

For a minute there, I thought you were revealing the title of the 'Doctor Who' Xmas special!

More kneejerk reactionary nonsense from the doc.

Yep, I actually quite like the doc, but this stuff doesn't help anyone.

If you decide you are going to take this stance (it wouldn't be the way I went about it) then it has to come from the coach. Surely Harris feels a bit undermined by this? I can't imagine someone like Brian McDermott standing for it.

I don't think there is any doubt as to who is running things at Salford.
Horse racing is a million miles away from running a pro RL club, although having plenty of cash does help.

But if your owner sacks coaches at about the same rate a neutron star spins, that doesn't really work.

Surely motivation should be through positive rather than negative reinforcement?

Something I can't get my head around is the marketing/media side of things at Salford.

He has spent good money buying in some good players, I assume he will have invested in the training facilites, brought in staff etc...yet the main marketing approach seems to be him posting statements on twitter. Sometimes I can see sense in his statements, but more often than not they are bizarre.

I am not a Doc hater, I think ultimately having him flashing the cash can only help the sport but I just find it hard to believe he hasn't brought in a top marketing department or at the very least someone who can sensibly handle his twitter account, giving the club a more professional approach.

I quite admired the way he went about getting Salford in the headlines come what may. But it's just a bit old hat now. He needs a new trick or gimmick as people have started to cotton on to the way he may say something without actually meaning it or believing it.

Like I said worked very well at the start. But personally I would have just dusted off the performance as a bad one off. Every club has them. I would have been drawing attention to the previous good run of results. Especially with season ticket renewals around the corner.

Plenty of teams take a hammering. This year Saints got busted up a few times, probably more so than Salford.

I think it's clear he made a huge mistake in sacking Noble and in putting in the inexperienced and well out of his depth Harris.

Harris's post-match interview was cringeworthy. He looked like a rabbit in the headlights and if I were a Salford fan I would be worried at his capacity, at this stage of his fledgling coaching career, to achieve the instant results the Doc wants.

the thing is, had Koukash left Noble in place, and let him and his team build both the components of a team, and the gelling of a team, over - say- a couple of seasons then without anybody really noticing, Salford would with this sort of financial backing have developed into a force to be reckoned with. That much is certain, but so is the fact that however many above-average players you buy, you need plenty of TIME to mould them gradually into a better and better TEAM.

Noble would certainly have done it. I don't think Harris is the man for the job.

I just feel like Marwan wants to be the focal point of the club - he keeps saying that he only cares about winning, as if it's the only thing he's striving for. I think his addition to the sport is brilliant and we need someone with his aspirations, but he needs to take a step back and let the coach and a decent marketing team take his place.

Well, I'm glad you're not in charge at Salford.

Noble was certainly not the man to take Salford forward. From signings to training, his time away from the game showed. I like him as a bloke, and I think he knows the psychological side of the game well, but that's it these days. The jury is still out on Harris as he's not had a full pre-season yet. However, in the short time he's been at Salford he immediately identified the weakness in the team and remedied it straight away. He brought in better structures, training, and attitude and managed to improve the teams fitness during the middle of a season. Something that he shouldn't have had to do. Barring a few performances, and a handful of games where the team was still adapting I've seen a large improvement in Attack, defense, attitude, and workrate. Our performances have, on the whole, been better and the players that were languishing under Noble have been like different players under Harris. You only have to look at what Noble did with Sneyd. Thought he wasn't good enough. Enough said.

As for DrK, well I'm with bewareshadows post above yours. As Salford fans we feel the same as everyone else. He needs to reel-in his over-enthusiasm a bit and direct it more positively, but it's his toy to play with, and I don't see him changing. This, of course, is a double-edged sword for Salford.