Williams is Favourite [New Head Coach speculation thread]

[Elite_Pie]

Alves now 2/5 odds on.
For the love of god surely they wouldn?t appoint him

If they did, in terms of pissing off the fanbase it would rival the Trews appointing Fullarton.

[Bohinen]

If they did, in terms of pissing off the fanbase it would rival the Trews appointing Fullarton.

Or the Bros appointing Maynard.

[Mapperleypie]

Or the Bros appointing Maynard.

It wouldn?t like it but I?d have to go along with it

[slack_pie]

Or the Bros appointing Maynard.

In the context of him following Maynard, it would be way worse than appointing Maynard in the first place. We clearly need someone with experience managing a team at this level successfully. If they appoint Alves, I'll sadly think for the first time that they don't know what they're doing. He wasn't even a coach until a couple of years ago.

I'm 99% sure they won't though. It'll be someone not even on the list yet.

[jackal2]

Alves now 2/5 odds on.
For the love of god surely they wouldn?t appoint him

If they did, in terms of pissing off the fanbase it would rival the Trews appointing Fullarton.

Yes it would. I'm a big supporter of the owners, but now isn't the time to appoint an inexperienced and anonymous coach as manager. I fear that would lose a large section of the fanbase very quickly, and put Alves under huge pressure before a ball even got kicked.

Maynard was a bit of a gamble but most fans ran with it for a while because they wondered if he might be another Luke Williams. The Maynard project having not worked out as well as hoped, now is the time for a solid, recognisable appointment that the fans can believe in and get behind. A reasonably experienced manager with a decent track record to date.