Quote Originally Posted by Jampie View Post
I for one hope they recruit another unexpected unknown that they have confidence will be excellent.

Why? Because Ian getting poached by a League One team is a massive sign that he was an excellent coach at this level, and a signal that the Reedtz brothers' strategy is working, or at least workable.

I mean the plan was to grow the club's net worth by getting in undervalued players with potential and training them up / giving them experience, right? Well we just did that with a head coach. I call that a win.

Unfortunately it inevitably means we won't be quite as organised as we otherwise would be on day one of next season, but that's life. With any luck, they'll get someone in who's even better than Ian (and frankly Ian's stats say that he was indeed very good).

So overall, I hope they repeat the strategy as it's a net positive to the club in the long term.
Ian,s stats show he was crap, two 5th place finishes, 2 loses in the playoffs ,