Williams is Favourite [New Head Coach speculation thread]

[M0ufMk3]

I don?t view this as an emergency of any kind, rather a considered decision which I agreed with.

The limited say/control for the head coach on signings is a worry and could easily put some prospective candidates off but I believe we are a very attractive proposition to ambitious managers and coaches out there due to our ownership and how we are run.

I think it's a plus that the say on signings is restricted but I fear that the restrictions are either total or far too great. The head coach is the person who needs to fit players into the system, if the system is to be consistent. For example, no matter how impressed I am with Jarvis (and I am) there is no way I'd want to shoe horn him into a left wing back position.

I'd agree about the attractive proposition but our target would be newish managers, which is what we did with Burchnall, Luke, and Maynard with varying degree of success (and I'm not sure Luke did that well towards the end, despite being outstanding for a season and a bit)

[SmiffyPie]

..and I'm not sure Luke did that well towards the end, despite being outstanding for a season and a bit

He played good football in the NL with the 2nd best squad and against NL teams.

[calvopies25]

Hinshelwood seen shaking new signing Ollie Banks hand today at York, could be a strong hint he's staying there.

Could be off to Nottingham right after the snap!

[MagpieMeltdown]

Hinshelwood seen shaking new signing Ollie Banks hand today at York, could be a strong hint he's staying there.

Could be off to Nottingham right after the snap!

It was quite a relief seeing that photo on X, I don?t know why. Hinshelwood now back out to 6/1 and Alves now 1/3! Which, in my opinion, shows the bookies haven?t got the foggiest idea and it?ll probably be somebody not on the bookies? shortlist!

[matt_magpie]

The advantage of the head coach approach is continuity. We don't have to rip it all up and start again every time a new man comes in. But I definitely think our approach self-selects for people who are perhaps not big personalities or born leaders. The managers with big personalities and real leadership qualities generally want to come in and run the club, including recruitment.

Very very true but I think the days of it solely down to the manager are becoming less and less. It was on talkSPORT this morning how FSG basically have the moneyball approach as they did with the red socks and Klopp was onboard.
How can a manager cast a net over every player available whilst doing their day job, that said I don?t think you ever want the situation where you sign players which the Head Coach expressively says they don?t want, I don?t see that happening at Notts.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

There were 13 days between Williams's departure and Maynard's appointment, there were 18 days between Burchnall and Williams. It's been 8 days so far, I wouldn't worry.

I agree. Plus it's bank holiday week as well so people will be away on holiday generally and in the football world many players and coaches will be away from early may until early June. Players don't need to report back for pre-season training for a month.

As I mentioned in another thread the club did not announce Luke Williams until 14th June so if it takes another two weeks to announce someone who will be the right person then so be it.

[caj85]

I agree. Plus it's bank holiday week as well so people will be away on holiday generally and in the football world many players and coaches will be away from early may until early June. Players don't need to report back for pre-season training for a month.

As I mentioned in another thread the club did not announce Luke Williams until 14th June so if it takes another two weeks to announce someone who will be the right person then so be it.

I don't think waiting for the manager is going to be a problem as our model seems to be reliant on a recruitment team identifying the players with only a small input form the manager.

[the_anticlough]

Very very true but I think the days of it solely down to the manager are becoming less and less.
How can a manager cast a net over every player available whilst doing their day job.

It should be phased out across the leagues and I think it will be.

Many on here must be in larger companies, so the way to understand it is you have an operations manager who comes in and says he's taking over all of HR too.
Playing full-back for Crewe for 10 years say, or winger at Wimbledon for 12 shouldn't qualify you to be practically CEO at Notts County. Get your coaching qualifications, and coach a team in an ultra-competitive professional league, that's more than enough for anyone to do

[PedroTheFisherman66]

Managers who have already achieved promotion and success at the level we currently play at are more likely to do so again than those who have achieved nothing. If our strategy is to maximise our chances of promotion, we'd be better off getting a manager who has already managed that elsewhere. It's not a guarantee of success, but it's less of a risk than what we normally do.

Re Hinshelwood, I suppose he would have achieved promotion last season in any other division. 96 points is pretty incredible and it's a huge injustice that they aren't in L2. That alone makes him a stronger candidate than most on the list.

Ah yes. .John Sheridan ...

[slack_pie]

Ah yes. .John Sheridan ...

Bring him back!

[the_anticlough]

In time for christmas

[upthemaggies]

Ah yes. .John Sheridan ...

We'd already been put under a transfer embargo, subject to a winding up petition and up for sale by the time Trew appointed him.
I doubt Sheridan was brought in to achieve anything other than give the impression that the club was not a complete basket case and to calm the fans outraged by the Fullarton debacle, long enough for Trew to sell it.

[BCnotts18]

Notts are advertising for a new performance analyst, the role that Joao Alves used to hold. So Alves absolutely isn't going back to his old role - he's either moving on, staying as an assistant or coach, or god forbid, is the new manager...

[marshall55]

Alves got promoted to coaching, we then got another analyst in, so probably the latter.

[countygump]

Notts are advertising for a new performance analyst, the role that Joao Alves used to hold. So Alves absolutely isn't going back to his old role - he's either moving on, staying as an assistant or coach, or god forbid, is the new manager...

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