Warrington Wolves often make bold decisions and parting company with former Leeds Rhinos and Castleford Tigers coach Daryl Powell was bold enough but even more bold was the appointment of his successor: Sam Burgess.
The best British player produced in the 21st Century, he started out at Bradford Bulls but became the world’s best forward at South Sydney Rabbitohs where he became an icon winning the Man of the Match in a Grand Final win over Canterbury Bulldogs in 2014 with a broken cheekbone.
This is why some people believe it could be a master stroke from the Wolves appointing the former England international.
Though it is a risk with Burgess only a year into being an assistant coach at South Sydney.
But Jon Wilkin has said on the media that no one can truly know whether the appointment will work telling the media not to bother having their say.
“Yeah I think for Warrington, they have all the resources and have thrown a lot of money at doing well,” he said.
“I think in terms of coaches, they have a track record, they have tried those people and it hasn’t worked for them.
“The last example being Daryl Powell so I understand what they’re doing. They have appointed someone with limited experience as a coach who is a figure head and a huge ambassador for our sport.
“He has no experience, but if I was a Warrington fan I would be excited by it.
“You know what we do, in the media we are guilty if it works out it’s a great appointment and if it doesn’t it’s terrible. Let’s just see what happens because he knows enough about the game to be a good coach and he wouldn’t take the job if he wasn’t confident he could do it.”
