Quote: easyWire "Powell for me. Wane did some very good things with one club having inherited a ready-made squad and a winning culture. I’d really have wanted to see what he could do at another club before we gambled on him.
Powell had a decent blooding as temporary Leeds coach followed by turning around Featherstone. He then had a very average Castleford squad that he repeatedly seemed to get the best out of. I think last season he suffered from the Tony Smith syndrome. He’s just been there too long. '"
Powell took over a team that was bottom of the league in 2013 and in 4 years had them top of the table.
He didn't have the budget to bring in big name galactico signings, and they were still a selling club. During that 4 year revival Cas lost their best player three times, (Rangi Chase, Daryl Clark, Denny Solomona) and Powell still kept improving them, and playing good attacking rugby too.