Quote: WireWireWire "I state facts, and it apparently means I've got something against him for some reason. I don't. I am against HIS APPOINTMENT. You lot believe he will do great things for us based on the guys personal success. His standards are clearly high, he's proven it time and time again. Good for him. Those standards however, never rubbed off on any of his teammates bar one year. And it took him 5 to do that. So if he couldn't get Souths to build any longevity while he was on the field, why would he be able to do it with Warrington from the sideline, in 2 years? Our problems run far deeper than theirs.'"
But the alternative traditional coaches available were all more of a risk than Powell was. Holbrook doesn’t have that much pedigree in fact, and wasn’t tearing up the NRL.
So since we can’t get your desired Bennett/Bellamy style coaching guru, we may as well try something completely different, knowing that this path will have a better chance of galvanising this group of players. As for the technical aspects of the role, we’ll have to hope that the staff we put around Burgess will keep things in order.
I’m less perturbed by this than I thought I would be. And I’m normally a glsss half empty sort of person where Warrington is involved!