not shocked after last weeks debacle but overall not done a bad job. thought he deserved another year

I thought he did OK overall but the limp Challenge Cup final display and last weeks farce must have been the tipping point for the Hull Directors.

I dont know where they go from here though really in the short term.The squad they have is no better than their mid table position suggests.They are losing some decent players, and recruitment for next year as far as i can see is not going to improve things much.

harsh for such a gentle-man

Yes.Its such a shame he let the season just Peter out

Had to go in my opinion. He had a year to settle in and then had the off season to assemble his squad with vast funding from Pearson. Hull made a lot of noise how they were going to be this that and the other and quite frankly they were the same old Hull FC. They were shocking at Wembley and were shocking in both playoff games. They blame fatigue but why wasn't Wigan fatigued after reaching Wembley? Leeds and Warrington in last years playoff series after reaching Wembley? This is a start but the problems lie deeper than Gentle.

Yeah, there based in Hull

new coach to be named this week.
big rumours lee radford taking over. massive backwards step for me

Apparently the main reason Radford is tipped for the job is 2 fold:

1 - local lad, get Hull back to basics etc
2 - he has improved their defence this season.....just don't watch their last game...

I wonder what mediocre coaching appointment hull will make next?

Radford would be a mistake. He's not had any time away from the setup since he was a player.

Right decision, they've made no progress this season. They've finished no higher in the table and had a shambolic exit at the same stage as last year in far worse circumstances against arguably a worse team. The CC?

Wigan made, and won the final without playing a single top 5 team. Considering the variables in the draw each year I don't think that can be used as any accurate barometer of progress.

Seems a bit knee jerk to me. Even with Pearson willing to spend, the salary cap dictates that you can't spend your way out of trouble any more. The squad is not anything to write home about, and I think 6th place wasn't a bad return. The 5 aove them all look better sides on paper, and proved to be so on grass too. Ellis didn't prove a great signing IMO. Had a couple of injury problems and when fit hasn't impressed me. Wouldn't be in my England squad if I were picking. Which I'm not. Obvs.

The Cup Final was a limp display, but they punched above their weight in the semis to get there. Thursday night was a total shambles and there was a real lack of effort and concentration. I wonder if this was in the pipeline and it was an unhappy camp?

Hard to know. But after several years of doing nothing of note in terms of young talent, the emergence of Crooks, Lineham and Jamie Shawl could be his biggest legacy.

Seriously doubt that they'll find anyone beter to bring in.

Gutted to be honest. Think it is pretty obvious that there are some players there who dont have the mental toughness or attitude to want to be a top rugby league player. To go from outstanding defence for 80% of this season, to that on Thursday - from the same group of players........Gentle looked let down on Thursday and Pearson has gone for it. Thing is, were taking another backward step - Lee Radford, Andy Last and Paul Cooke 'Dream Team' - oh dear is all I will say

Radford IMO is way too green to take on a head coaches role - as others have said, it's a step backward.

I really don't know what Gentle was supposed to do with a mid table team - getting to the CC final was far better than anyone would have expected and exiting the play-offs when they did was just about par.

This makes me think that there is more to his demise than simply these results. If I were a Hull fan I'd be reasonably happy with what they achieved this year.