Red Hot Jalapeno wrote:
Speaking of which you failed to answer my question. Why are you not coaching? Serious question. You have done nothing for over a year but hammer Brian Noble in nearly every single post. You claim to know everything about coaching so why dont you send your CV in to Ian Lenegan and lets see you take charge.
You claim that Ellery Hanley is some kind of master coach yet i fail to see SL clubs queueing up for him. Im pretty sure if Noble was sacked at Wigan he would get a job easy enough elsewhere as soon as a vacancy came along and he wouldnt end up coaching an team in NL1/2.
Because i have put my family first, i am now earning more money in a stable environment than i could ever hope to in rugby league, i was offered a position on the staff of a top SL club (not Wigan) which i refused due to the fact i have responsibilities and am not willing to risk these for trying to continue my coaching career, which ultimately is a very unstable profession and a change in personel can affect your career even if you are perfoming miracles.
Thats basically why in a nut shell.
I have been out of the game for 3 months by the way not a year.
Now i still await the answer to my questions about who is responsinble for picking the team, will have a major say in player signings and who is responsible from the balance in the dressing room and controlling these ego's and agendas if not the coach?
Wigans initial target was Buderus but Leeds offered him the big money so we went for our second choice in Riddell, a decision i do not think we will regret.
I have never said Hanley is a master coach but i think he is a good coach and also has the personality to succeed at Wigan something that Ian Millward did not and neither in my opinion does Noble, i continue to hear stories of unrest in the dressing room from numerous sources, also by looking at the body language of the players they are clearly not enjoying the game, have no enthusiasm etc have not for the last 2 years in general.
