Warne's got the job

[leedsmiller]

After the last eight months I'm feeling punch drunk, too dazed to form any opinion on this appointment. We've got a man who doesn't want the job (ostensibly), who has no managerial qualifications or experience being given an extended, albeit temporary, managerial appointment. Why? Well, he's undeniably the cheap option and as such fits the club philosophy. He's steeped in 'the Rotherham way', which, depending on your point of view, is either a positive or a negative. He's committed (and by May will probably need to be)...

But can he help rebuild a shattered dream? Does he have what it takes to begin the massive reconstruction of a demoralised, inadequate, work-shy squad? Certainly not on his own. So what is the 'planned' way forward? We have a new recruitment specialist but how does his appointment dovetail with that of the temporary manager? Will funding be available, now or in the close season? And where is the coaching and development?

I confess I wasn't inspired by any of the managerial candidates on offer but, as with players, we never really know how they're going to perform until they're here so pre-judging is a futile exercise. And many were experienced, some even had knowledge of the Championship, although if they came here they'd find that surplus to requirements.

So, back to where I came in, it's been a total disaster of a season and it's been nigh impossible to see logic in anything that's transpired, or anything that's not transpired, other than the dismissal of Stubbs (with apologies to lbj). So, I can't say Paul Warne's extended tenure fills me with excitement or anticipation but neither does it fill me with despair. It's a decision is all I can say - and God knows there have been precious few of those of late.

[kentmillerman]

Maybe thats why things are quiet on the managerial front Leeds. Im sure people who might have been interested have asked themselves the very same questions. Hence the impasse.