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Going, not gone.

Right decision clearly, for both parties.

Interesting timing. I'm sure it had absolutely nothing to do with the forum tonight.

Apologies
Was editing as you replied

Confirm Adrian Lam will leave the club at the end of the year.

Not “sacked”. Classic IL.

Just sack him now and have done with it FFS

This late in the season there is no point but he should have gone end of last year

Well thats two questions answered in time for tonight.

Lam gone end of season.
Replacement to be announced 'in due course'.

For me the only chance (albeit minuscule) to win the grand final this year was to sack Lam before the season was out and hope it was the kick up the the players needed and a fresh coaching approach could bring out miracles so this announcement for me kills that.
Hopefully Lam can finish on some sort of high but his tenure has been very dossapointing, we just haven’t got the brand of rugby we hoped for and the results have dropped off too.

Dan was right

Lenagan can dress it up as a huge success all he likes but it’s been a nothing three years and thankfully it’s coming to an end. I hope it’s early enough to hear Lams name in the future and still think ‘great player’ and not just ‘dreadful coach’ but I’m not sure. Lammy did deserve more respect I felt than kids not old enough to remember him here as a player calling for his head and holding bedsheets up last week but I’m not surprised it came to that.

The plain truth is that during the last three years Saints have made huge strides forward and Wigan have gone backwards. Lam was a gnats whisker away from winning the GF but my first sentence would still have been true. The current gulf in class between the teams is huge and increasing. That cannot go on.

Lam seems a really nice bloke and was a great player for this club but the head coach job was unfortunately too big for him. I wish him well in whatever he does next. I want to remember him for being a great Wigan player.

Maybe. I just don’t see how or why he’s still in charge. The Saints debacle should have sounded the klaxon and us booking him a one way flight back to Sydney immediately

Given Covid he was always going to get another year but the alarming signs in the side had been clear for a good while by then,if anything winning the LLS prolonged the agony

Well, it looks like the nasty minority have finally got their wish!

Why? Are the Fab 4 back?

You mean in keeping him on until the season's end? Most sensibly minded and reasonable folk that I know wanted him gone a long while ago so we could have an end of season to look forward to. That's not going to happen now and 2021 season will come to a miserable end.

Thank God for that, 18 months too late. Should walk now and have someone take over temporarily, he's a poor coach and the players dont respect him so why keep him until seasons end? It just sullies his reputation as a player.

Wane to return next season?

What`s the verdict amongst posters on here on a Wane return? Didn`t a lot want rid of him way before he left? Would you take him over Shane Flanagan?

I’d be happy with Wane in a director of Rugby type role but not as head coach.

The problem with Shane Flanagan (or anyone like him) is that, in the unlikely event that he could be persuaded to come, everyone knows that if he was a success, he'd be straight off back to the NRL after a couple of years.

I have advocated an NRL coach/assistant but that’s a great point which I had thought of but just accepted. It doesn’t really help us as in reality what we need is stability for 4-5yrs at least, that’s one of the benefits in Peet I suppose.

The concern is though is if Peet doesn’t work out, and clearly isn’t, will IFL/Rads pill the trigger mid season? I’m drained from this season, which has at times been unbearable.

He isn’t and probably wouldn’t be a popular choice but personally I’d back Brian McDermott. He is after all SL’s most successful coach and would be here for the long haul. He’s experienced and would certainly give us that refreshment we need whilst keeping some of our back room staff.

hes zero experience so wouldnt want him there, id rather him do a job he has experience doing