I said in the rumours thread last week he was going to catalans and Edwards is coming in and got asked if I believed in father Christmas.
The info I'm getting is Edwards is coming in and he's going to France that's why Tomkins signed for them because he knew Wane was going.

As much as Edwards returning would have all of the prodigal son hallmarks from a coaching standpoint he has had no coaching experience in RL, or day to day contact with the sport since he left, he hasn't had the lead coach job in RU at any level, while he obviously has the respect he deserves his first trip into a head coach position maybe shouldn't be back at Wigan.
Plus I dont know the whole position but his son is very important to him and moving to the North wouldnt give him anything other than a long distance relationship.

Appointing Edwards as the new coach has an equal chance of failing as it does as succeeding, is that a gamble that you want to take?

Abso-frigging-lutely!!

There's no guarantee of trophies even with a top class RL coach (Noble, Millward...etc).

There is a quote I quite like and use often:

[iI would rather have a life of "oh well's" than a life of "what if's".[/i

Betts has been and gone, and left no mark. McDermott is a bit of an immovable object at Leeds, and frankly, they're welcome to him. Powell is a chippy Yorkshireman who wouldn't be happy unless he was east of the Pennines (plus we've now signed ZH - couldn't see it working for that reason alone). Chester would be a popular appointment because he played well for Wigan and he's a top bloke ... but I can't help thinking that we need someone more exciting.

I'd be surprised if IL didn't look to really shake things up and opt for a 'complete new era' coach ... a revolutionary appointment along the lines of Lowe and McGuire. At least, I hope that's what he'll go for.

If it is Edwards, I suspect he'll be smart enough to bring in the right assistant coaches to give the right advice.

Well you're 50% right so far...so hat's off to you for that!

Quote St. Etrigan="St. Etrigan"Plus I dont know the whole position but his son is very important to him and moving to the North wouldnt give him anything other than a long distance relationship.'" His son, James Small-Edwards is currently at Edinburgh University RFC and has his own life now. https://rugby.eusu.ed.ac.uk/club/squad

Quote St. Etrigan="St. Etrigan"Plus I dont know the whole position but his son is very important to him and moving to the North wouldnt give him anything other than a long distance relationship.'" His son, James Small-Edwards is currently at Edinburgh University RFC and has his own life now. https://rugby.eusu.ed.ac.uk/club/squad

Not a contradiction at all, I made no suggestion Edwards had already signed; merely that this opportunity has his name written all over it and I firmly expect to see Edwards as Head Coach 2019 with an assistant such as Deacs/Lam/Harris.

Adrian Lam?

I’m in the camp that would love to see Shaun Edwards get the job but I’m not sure theclub could / would pay the kind of money he’d be used to in RU. I suspect he’d have to take a significant drop in wages to get the job.

Apart his time as head coach of Wasps you mean? Where he presided over a Heineken Cup win, a European Challenge Cup win and three Premiership titles. This was from 2005 to 2011. (He was there 10 years in total and before 2005 was a backs coach when I think they won another Premiership and cup in addition to those he won outright as heads coach himself).