Stood on the metal steps up the side of Odsal's hospitality suite Richard Agar was beginning to process the enormity of the job he had just been thrust into. Agar had just overseen Leeds' lowest ebb in recent history after they had been humiliated and dumped out of the cup by Championship outfit Bradford Bulls.
1048 days later, Agar has walked away from the role after overseeing the worst moment since that dismal day at Odsal. Hardly anyone within rugby league would have expected the 50-year-old to last as long as he has in the role after that day, Agar included.
He was an unfashionable appointment from the moment he arrived. A section of the fanbase has never truly accepted his presence in the hot seat and support has quickly, and at times unfairly, turned against him when things haven't gone to plan. In that sense, the former Hull FC and Wakefield Trinity boss has always been fighting a losing battle and done so while trying to meet lofty expectations in place as a result of Leeds' reign of dominance.
