Sunday's shock Challenge Cup semi-final defeat at the hands of Catalans Dragons was one of the biggest upsets in Wigan's illustrious history. It now looks as if it will herald the end of an era, too.
When Brian Noble arrived at the JJB Stadium as Wigan's coach midway through last season, chairman Maurice Lindsay and owner Dave Whelan said they would resign if the club did not win any silverware under the new man.
Noble is not yet halfway through his contract, but it is clear that Lindsay and Whelan have had their fill of the club.
Sunday's 37-24 defeat brought matters to a head. The door has been opened for new men to take charge.
And you can bet that there won't be a shortage of potential investors keen to buy the Warriors - someone ready to revitalise the club in the way that Brian Kennedy has with Sale Sharks in the union code.
Maybe it will be the opening that long-time Warriors backer John Martin has dreamed of.
Entertainment impresario Martin's car registration plate is W1 GAN. That tells you all you need to know of his passion for the town and for its rugby league club.
Consortium
He has offered to buy the club from Whelan before. Now he is likely to get his chance to put together a consortium to take over the Warriors.
But there are other candidates, too. Take Ian Lenaghan, the Wigan-born businessman who revived Harlequins, and who lives for rugby league. Could he come home, and bring former players Joe Lydon and Phil Clarke?
Chorley businessman Trevor Hemmings - another big rugby league fan - is also a contender.
Whether Warriors' future will be placed in the hands of Martin, Lenaghan or another ambitious investor - such as Hemmings - will become clear in the coming weeks. But whoever comes in knows that they have work to do.
Lindsay will be the first to admit that it just has not worked out for him on his return to the club he transformed into a trophy- winning force in the 1980s.
Wigan have failed to recapture those glories during Lindsay's second spell at the helm. Coaches have come and gone like buses, and the strict financial restrictions of the salary cap rules have proved a long-standing problem for the Warriors' powerbrokers.
Whelan and Lindsay will not be the men to turn it round. That will be someone else's job.
Wigan may not be a club in crisis, but troubles appear plentiful both on and off the field and solutions will not come easily.
Sunday's defeat killed off Wigan's last realistic hope of finishing the season with silverware.
They now need somebody to come in and give success- starved fans something to shout about. Supporters now wait with bated breath to see who Whelan sells out to.
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I think I speak for RL fans everywhere, other than Wigan fans (or maybe not?) that Wigan's current problems are a source of much joy for us all. Long may they continue!
Well wigan are the #1 supported club is superleague with very little success over the last 10 years, it shows the potential of the club to attract such big crowds even when compared to cities such as leeds and bradford.
The potential at wigan is huge if they have a businessman at the helm (not lyndsley) the would continue to improve their crowds