It came a bit earlier than expected but the New Zealand Warriors have announced that current caretaker coach and former assistant to now deposed head coach, Matt Elliott, Andrew McFadden, has been appointed on a permanent basis.
Andrew McFadden will be head coach of the Warriors until 2017.
Since McFadden took charge, the Warriors have won 2 of their last 3 games, including a 9 try salvo against the Raiders at Eden Park on Saturday evening - their first win at Eden Park.
I think this is a good move as I believe the Warriors do better under a no-name coach rather than a big name head ala Brian McClennan, Matt Elliott, Daniel Anderson, given the talent there and the mentality of the players prefering to play for one another than their coach - as Ivan Cleary would have noted.
It has shades of Tim Sherwood at Tottenham really - Tottenham seemed to do much better under a former player turned coach who just let the players do what they had to, while giving motivational speeches - and throwing jackets - from the touchline.
It would be quite incredible if the Warriors did make the Grand Final in the same season their head coach got dismissed.
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