The more I see the title for this thread, the more ludicrously ironic it seems.

The only thing clear from this embarrassing roadshow thus far is that Shaun Edwards rates himself more highly than most of his potential employers.

Evidently, Wigan didn't offer enough (despite him having agreed a price with them), England didn't offer enough, Wales didn't offer enough, Wasps didn't offer enough ... so now he's ended up at that last bastion of ludicrous RU overspending, France (though admittedly, he'd probably earn every penny if he could teach that comedy outfit to tackle).

In addition to all that, it's fairly clear that he never seems to mean what he says.

Seriously, could we ever have trusted this guy, contract or not, to even see a single season through as our head-coach if a better offer suddenly came along?

Edwards to Leeds

Never know what to think about Brian McDermott, but I suspect the fact that he became inept after losing his cadre of star players and on-field leaders said a lot about his role in the victories before then.

Anyway, didn't he work for IL once before, and it didn't end badly?

Strongly suspect we'll never see him at Wigan.

He was London Broncos coach appointed by IL when he owned them.

IL always talks positively about him as well I think, but we probably can't afford to pay him what Toronto are paying him.