
RidingPie
Wane was a former prop who came through the ranks at Wigan and later played for Leeds as well. As a player he was tough as nails had runner with no quarter given or asked for.
He then worked his way up through the coaching ranks at Wigan and coached our juniors to many honours. When Brian Nobel left Wane threw his hat in the ring to become first team coach, and many people sniggered as he doesn't always come across as the most articulate of coaches. When Michael Maguire was appointed instead Wane was his first pick as assistant coach. He spent two years being understudy to Madge, then when Maximus poached him off us Wane was given his chance at the big time.
He coaches like he played. Brutally honest and never makes an excuse. For example when we lost narrowly to Warrington last week with 9 of our first teamers out injured many people said "the moral victory goes to Wigan". Not Wane, he spoke of how pleased he was at the performance of the youngsters and pointed out the areas of defence where we were weakest. Also in a game last season after Josh Charnley got a gash in his leg requiring 5 stitches he commented (something like) "yeah he's been stitched up a bit, but he's a back so he's hamming it up a lot", so he certainly brings a sense of humour.
If he has a flaw its that he wants to win EVERYTHING. He doesn't pick games which he isn't as bothered about (although some people say he rested a lot of players against Widnes because of their artificial pitch... that said we still had 9 players out for the last game). He also isn't afraid to play the kids if there is an injury or a loss of form. Last year Wigan could have been accused of not playing well in the big games, although we were minor premiers. However, we did lose Tomkins for the playoffs and our win/lose ratio without him is a bit embarrassing.
He then worked his way up through the coaching ranks at Wigan and coached our juniors to many honours. When Brian Nobel left Wane threw his hat in the ring to become first team coach, and many people sniggered as he doesn't always come across as the most articulate of coaches. When Michael Maguire was appointed instead Wane was his first pick as assistant coach. He spent two years being understudy to Madge, then when Maximus poached him off us Wane was given his chance at the big time.
He coaches like he played. Brutally honest and never makes an excuse. For example when we lost narrowly to Warrington last week with 9 of our first teamers out injured many people said "the moral victory goes to Wigan". Not Wane, he spoke of how pleased he was at the performance of the youngsters and pointed out the areas of defence where we were weakest. Also in a game last season after Josh Charnley got a gash in his leg requiring 5 stitches he commented (something like) "yeah he's been stitched up a bit, but he's a back so he's hamming it up a lot", so he certainly brings a sense of humour.
If he has a flaw its that he wants to win EVERYTHING. He doesn't pick games which he isn't as bothered about (although some people say he rested a lot of players against Widnes because of their artificial pitch... that said we still had 9 players out for the last game). He also isn't afraid to play the kids if there is an injury or a loss of form. Last year Wigan could have been accused of not playing well in the big games, although we were minor premiers. However, we did lose Tomkins for the playoffs and our win/lose ratio without him is a bit embarrassing.