But a lot of fans, journalists and even former players have been calling for Dorian West to also leave his position.
Here’s what people have been saying on social media:
Sports Journalist with the Sunday Express and The Rugby Paper. Neil Fissler has insisted that West is the problem rather than Mallinder.
Dorian West is the real problem at Northampton Saints the mind boggles why he is still in a job.
— Neil Fissler (@neilfissler) December 12, 2017
He tweeted: “Dorian West is the real problem at Northampton Saints the mind boggles why he is still in a job.”
Rugby Inside Line, known for their inside scoop on the game, also shared a quote from an unnamed Saints player.
“Dorian is the problem at Saints. However Jim is too loyal and will never sack him which will lead to his downfall.” – Former Saints player
— RugbyInsideLine (@RugbyInsideLine) December 12, 2017
They then shared more messaged from themselves and the former player regarding the situation at Saints.
EXCLUSIVE: Here are more messages from another former player about the situation at Saints: pic.twitter.com/n9x6zSnwNW
— RugbyInsideLine (@RugbyInsideLine) December 12, 2017
FANS REACTION
Can Dorian west please take a page out of mallinder’s book and leave as well
— k (10-0) (@thfckallan) December 12, 2017
Dorian West seemed to be the issue from an outsiders perspective.
— James Rees (@execcoaching1) December 12, 2017
Who’s going to replace him? Anyone better? Dorian West? 😂 makes no sense to me. The calibre of player is there. They are just underperforming.
— Oliver Lovegrove (@oliverlovegrove) December 12, 2017
The most surprising element of the Jim Mallinder news is that any mention of Dorian West is conspicuous by its absence
— Adam Brown ⏩ (@AdBrown85) December 12, 2017
But Dorian West is still in post, who if the rumours are true is the cause of a lot of the friction. As you say will be interesting . If they perform it was Jim, if they don’t it’s Dorian. Obviously not that simplistic , or is it ?
— Kevin Atkinson (@KMRAtkinson) December 12, 2017