Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
They'd have to spend money on a new manager, who'd presumably want his own staff, so they'd have to sack the two guys Maynard brought with him as well.

Money may or may not be an issue (they might be using most of the Williams money to pay off debt for example), the fact they hired a part time manager from Wealdstone leads me to think that it is at least a significant factor, if not the full story. I cannot believe they simply thought he was the best manager out there if it's the case that they could have afforded to poach a full time manager from higher up.

The most realistic alternative explanation is that he's the best available that's willing to accept the level of interference that comes from above, which wouldn't bode well either. We can use euphemisms like "best fit for the club", "fits out model", but we're basically saying "yes man" with those phrases. That would be fine if that was working, but everybody seems to agree that recruitment has been a disaster and despite the obvious issues, that was still not addressed in January.
Seems like quite a good explanation
Money is definately a factor, it has to be because i said in a previous post most clubs operate at a loss - the owners model worked in the NL, ie getting cheap upcoming players and coaches, because the general opposition was much lower
As we are seeing it will not work in L2 or higher, as other clubs relative to Notts have higher budgets and more to spend on players, so this policy of the owners of buying cheapplayers or head coaches will not work and will probably lead to mid table or lower - which to be frank will please most supporters, once in a while maybe 1 out of 4 head coaches as in LW or finding langstaff it might pay off leading to a season challenging for play offs or promotion - perhaps this is the owners model, but in this case they have failed SM is not a diamond they have found in the rough nor are 3/4 of the current squad