Quote: AJ "So Wane has declared he wants the job and McGuire isnt going to Souths.
Personally would love Wane as #2 to McGuire, but when we finally reveal who it is, I would love to know the reasons why we made that choice beyond the expected "he deserves a chance".'"
You mean you'd like a list of all the tried and tested coaches we approached first who said 'no', and the various reasons they gave? Because that's what your question really amounts to.
Do you think any chairman would give out that kind of information? Wouldn't it be a tad humiliating for the club?
You might get one or two who perhaps were beyond Wigan's reach for understandable reasons - Wayne Bennett with his disabled kids, etc, who you wouldn't be ashamed to talk about. But if what you really want here is Ian Lenagan to publicise every single rejection letter he's received ...
"Wigan weren't prepared to pay me enough because these days they're very, very stingy," or "Wigan isn't as sexy a place as Sydney" or "Wigan's squad is too crap even for me to guarantee success" or "I like Wigan, but Mr. Lenagan, you're just not as cool an operator as Mo" ...
I think you'll be waiting a long time, and not surprisingly.
Okay, that's an exaggeration. But the alternative isn't much better. Suppose Wigan do appoint Shaun Wane. Instead of saying "he deserves a chance," or "we thought him the best man for the job" - the sort of explanations that you've already decided you won't be satisfied with, would complete clarity really be the way to go?
"Shaun is way inferior to what we really hoped to get, but as no-one else wants to come, we thought we'd give him a shot. I appreciate that this isn't much of an endorsement for Shaun, but we've really no other option at the present time and at least no-one can now accuse us of being dishonest. Shaun starts tomorrow morning by the way - at least I hope so. He probably hasn't seen this press release yet."
This of course a tongue-in-cheek post. But I don't really see what Wigan can do to satisfy you in these circs, other than give Shaun a big vote of confidence. We all know his qualities without Wigan having to list them.
