Probably the right decision, I'd have waited till after the weekend though if I was IL

I think that it is important in any organisation for the boss' boss to appear to have confidence in the boss, otherwise the employees' performance drops, as they have an excuse to fail.

Just seen it in the Wigan evening post. www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -for-2014-

Just seen it in the Wigan evening post. www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -for-2014-

Happy that its sorted.

Wane deserves praise for having to deal with all the players departing yet still keeping us up near the top of the league and competing for trophies. He's done that whilst keep blooding our youngsters and giving them more opportunities then Maguire did.

We'd be in a far worse position under a huge number of other coaches.

Glad the rumour of him going to NZ has been put to bed. Just need Sam to say the same and we'll be laughing.

Excellent news.

He seems to have been quiet in the press in the build up to Wembley, learning from last year?

So what are we doing with Shaun Wane? Is he going to NZ with Sam Tompkins?

He seems to have learnt a general lesson from last year about shooting his mouth off too much which has been pleasing.

I don't have a problem with a young coach making errors but they must learn from them, I think he's done that.

I think he's done that with his team selections as well TBH

Agree. He's rested players and managed the squad a lot better.

Wanes acid test will always be can he coach a side to success minus Sam Tomkins but that's for another day.

That's true, I'd have liked to have seen Crosby and Hampshire getting a game this weekend (I presume they won't), but generally he seems to have put us in a much better position with regard to strength in depth. Last year when Sam, Carmont, Leuluai or McIlorum got injured/banned for key games (not all at the same time) we were goosed because Murphy, Thornley, Gelling and Powell hadn't been given enough game time, so we were forced to either play players out of position (Hughes at centre, O'Loughlin in the halves, then later in the season at hooker) or throw them in at the deep end (Murphy playing his second ever game in a semi final v Leeds). This year even if it did hit the fan, we do have reserves in every position who have played a decent amount of game time at Super League level. He's also regularly rotated the squad so no one should be knackered come play off time (bar possibly Lockers who's weeks off have been when he's been injured). The big question remains though, can we win big games against top teams? This weekend will be a big indicator, he has been given a far easier shot at winning the cup than Noble or Maguire ever got.

Makes it much easier to sign or re-sign players if they know who their coach is going to be. Who would want to come here knowing a load of players AND the coach are all off?

He just needs to win the Challenge Cup and/or Super League trophy to prove himself, its that simple.

Roll on Saturday...

Well that depends if they rate the coach doesn't it? It works both ways.