Quote: Saddened! "From the outside it seems like one of the biggest decisions Warrington will have made in their history. If you get the right man you can become a true force and finally win a few titles. If not, you could end up in another round of rebuilding and disappearing from contention for a while.
Wane is a proven winner, but can he replicate it outside of Wigan? It's a big unknown as his era there was filled with dour anti-rugby tactics that didn't wash even with the Wigan fans at times. Powell is the opposite, lovely rugby but no success. It's a tough choice picking between those two. I'd be inclined to go witth the proven winner, but easy to see him falling short and being unpopular. Or do you risk another NRL assistant coach? Perhaps better than Wane particularly as a coach, but likely to be short term, especially if successful as they'll get a job in the NRL and leave.'"
Proven winners that took over a SL club while peaking and took the steadily backwards and/or at least into off-field disrepute, Millward Noble McDermott, I’d say Wane did so too just avoiding the middle eights over Smiths Wire, redeeming some credit after with a GF.
I wouldn’t be looking at any of the ‘proven’ GF winners from above, but those who have excelled under limited resources, I’ve made no secret of John Kear, but you could perhaps add Powell, Anderson, Watson, you could argue a case for Luke Robinson and Andrew Henderson....if I had a magic wand it would have to be Trent Robinson, but I’d be almost as pleased with John Kear, you just cannot fault the guys record as much as the stick I get for it.