Some very good points re-Smiths tenure both here & at Wire but when all is said and done id still take him back on an intial 2 &1/2yr deal with it getting reviewed in 18mths.
I doubt Wire will sack him anyway tbf.

Wigan looked good last - despite all their injuries. There depth of youngsters is a testament to the quality of recruitment and coaching.

Their depth of younsterds is a testament to the quality of their development.

What's the Leeds academy got to do with it?

i would take him back as head of coaching performance and let him bring in his head coach. his nephew Rohan is highly rated, and with Morley now on the coaching plus Burrow JJb reckon that could be a dream move for all.

I would agree with that. They haven't had the rub of the green though when it comes the GF imo. In 2011 they were head and shoulders above everyone in the league, losing to us in the eliminator by a last minute penalty goal then the 2012 final we got them again in a match i believe they were leading after an hour.In the 2013 GF they were beating Wigan by a few scores and lost 2/3 players to injury which let Wigan back in and last year the gamebreaker was when they had the match by the scruff of the neck and led midway through second half and Atkins spilled the ball over the line, Wigan go down the other end and score.

All fine margins and you could say Warrington choked all those away, but it's hard not to feel for them and say they should have at least 1 GF trophy in the cabinet by now under Smith. Like you say, he has always had his teams in the mix pretty much for 2004 till now.

I'd high hopes for Rohan before our troubles started.

He's had experience as an assistant at a bunch of NRL clubs. He's of a new generation of coaches. Could be a gamble but is worth a shot I'd say.

Ditto.

I'd give TS a swerve.

He's too close to McDermott.

There needs to be real seismic change at the top rather than just a game of musical chairs.

yes I would agree with you

I remember when certain posters on here used to down play Smith's achievements around 2005 by saying it was all down to Brian McDermott, I wonder if those posters still have that opinion

I think they made a good "Team" & there was a clear visable "hangover" when Mc.D left tbf.
All that doesn't matter wrt where we are now anyway.