IF....





Would you be happy?

Wigan born and bred, loves the club, loved by the players

Only for the rest of the season.

YES

Agreed.

He's a good coach too.



But I'm not sure if he'd actually want the job himself. He has a good job outside Rugby yet still coaches within club.



Would he want to risk all that? If he's ever to take over at any point, I think it will be on a temporary basis.

I remember a lot of people had reservations when the late great Mike Gregory took over and look at the good job he did. He didn't have a great deal of experience (i know he was assistant at Saints and coach at Swinton) but being a Wigan lad he got through on passion. I think Wane would do the same

He would be the perfect appointment imo till the end of the season.



Noble has lost this team and the players seem disinterested/unhappy at his out of date methods and poor tactics.



At least Wayne will command the respect of the dressing room and if he can get the players playing with pride it will make our new coaches job a hell of a lot easier next season.

I don't get to watch the reserves much so I don't know how well they play. I've been told that they're head and shoulders above most, if not all, the teams in their comp but is this down to his coaching or the players available?



In an ideal world I'd love for a former Wigan player and Wigan lad to come to the coaching role and be a revelation. If he does take over and he's happy doing it then I really hope he makes a success of it, but there's nothing more sure in sport than at some point he'll get the sack.

I'd be happy but would want it to be on just a deal until the end of the season so he could proe himself.

What about Betts he has been there and done it and knows what it takes to be part of a winning Wigan mentality.

Something didn't feel right with Betts as coach for me.



He just didn't come across as a great thinker on the game.

I feat that Betts, at best, would be another Nobby - a British coach who may have the credentials but is actually pretty limited.



The last thing we want, to be honest, is another lad who 'fancies having a go at it'. We got lucky with Mike Gregory in that, even though he had relatively short experience, he proved to be a natural. Betts has already been in charge and didn't prove anything of the sort.



I still feel we need to look to a good Aussie - if we can't get a top-line NRL coach, maybe look at one of their promising assistants. We desperately need someone with modern ideas, who's trained at the highest level.