Why Paul Hurst Should Be The Next Rotherham Manager

[monty_rhodes]

Oh Monty.....

Ambitious but RUBBISH !

"Tony's info is invariably pukka"....We'll that alright then ! But don't put too much money on his acuracy - do your own research....

Are you having a personal dig at me for not following the crowd - well NOT agreeing with the vast majority on MM is
tantamount to being vindicated.

Quick test for you and Tony....who and where was this said:

"Ambitious but RUBBISH".....or was it...

"Ambitious but SH#TE"

Anyway - who and where ?

My dear lbj, you do me a disservice. I too know what it is to be out of step with the herd. I have no argument with your opinions - although I fear they are less than correct - but rather with the constant repetition. You are far too intelligent to be unaware of the grating effect on fellow posters. Therefore, like Sherlock, I draw the obvious conclusion that you are being deliberately provocative in pursuit of some agenda which I fear does not have the best interests of MM at heart. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

[crookadile]

lbj, are you naturally a cretin or did you have to work at it? Tony's info is invariably pukka. See also my comments on Hibs after Stubbs. Your analysis is flawed, arrogant, insulting to others and you are (probably intentionally) driving people away from this MB.

Monty I would have thought that it was obvious. lbj is a a natural. You won't convince him that Stubbs wasn't very good and he will continue with his overlong repetitive and boring posts.

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

We'd be better off with Paul Shane!

err Paul Shane is dead.

[dantpen]

IBJ, you keep mentioning the Huddersfield game as a positive. Did you forget how they scored their first? I've genuinely seen better defending in a Sunday morning pub game.

[frogmiller]

IBS, I can assure you 100% that Stubbs had very little to do with Izzy Brown coming to Rotherham, the deal was organised by another former employee. I can also assure you that Stubbs had the highest wage budget in the club's history, the highest transfer budget in the club's history and was unpopular at the club from day 1. Tony Stewart offers Stubbs the job after seeing the Scottish cup final, he was impressed that after losing the promotion play off game, the Hibs players responded and won the cup.The performance of Hibs this season has shown how badly they had underperformed in Stubbs' reign. Stubbs trebled his wages at Rotherham and saw the club as a stepping stone. His reputation is in tatters and he will struggle to get a job in league 2.

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story Tony.

Even though lbj says that the truth is out there if we can be bothered to look. Those of us that are able to talk with people involved and know differently don't know the truth.
It sure as hell would make a difference to this board if he'd shut the feck up talking bollox backed up with obviously the league stats being the only tool he has.

The fact that we played well twice and lost both games before "he who shall not be named" was sacked means nothing. Apparently he believes that if you say the wrong thing often enough means that eventually everyone beleives him. It's unfortunate that again he has manage to hi-jack another thread and take it right off topic whilst he'll be sat in his undies thinking he's won the lottery.

If Rotherham United managed to win promotion next seaon he'll find a way to credit "he who shall not be named" whether it's through a player signed by him, us being under the cosh and scoring a winning goal on the counter having only 12% of the posession or a combination of players playing in a formation used by him.

There is not a chance on earth that lbj will change his point of view because he's too proud. That or he isn't strong enough to say he is wrong. It has been a lonely path that he has taken and he knows by doing so he's the only one who can be right regardless of what the majority say.

I would like to say back on topic and say 'great to have you back Mandy' just to annoy Monty but the thread is too far gone for that.

[sCORaFU]

My rrse. My thoughts were "arrogant w*nker". Disappears off the site for yonks and comes back with a verbose listen-to-me extravaganza and all the muppets fall down in adoration. Mardy Turniphead is an rrse and the site is far better without him. What next? The sad busker gino popping out of his reality TV life to say hello. Ffs!!!

That's not very nice. Why be nasty?

[wrinkly]

Sorry to post about the topic of the thread.
I'm not convinced about Hursty. True, he did improve things at Shrewsbury but they have only gathered one point from the last 4 games, three of which have been against teams in the bottom four. They have dropped from 16th to 20th in the table. Has his new manager bounce ended?

[frogmiller]

Sorry to post about the topic of the thread.
I'm not convinced about Hursty. True, he did improve things at Shrewsbury but they have only gathered one point from the last 4 games, three of which have been against teams in the bottom four. They have dropped from 16th to 20th in the table. Has his new manager bounce ended?

[Mandy_Turnerhead]

With our impending relegation this weekend, all the chat for weeks has naturally been around who should be our next permanent manager. I’m amazed that I’ve barely seen his name mentioned, but Paul Hurst should be head-hunted to be our manager next season. Here’s why.

Playing Career

As we all know, Hursty is a bona fide Millers legend, but it’s worth a reminder to anyone who has forgot/is too young to remember. He literally spent his entire playing career as a Rotherham player, making 438 appearances in the red shirt over 15 years. He made his debut in 1993, and played his final Millers game in 2008. He won at Wembley with us. He won back-to-back promotions with us. He went through God knows how many administrations with us. He deferred his wages for us. He was a proper one-club man in an era where that never happened.

Being a club-legend shouldn’t automatically get him the job, but it helps. So on to his managerial career, which is quite frankly superb.

Managerial Career

When you’re not a household name and you want to go into football management, you have to go and learn your trade at the lower echelons of football, which is exactly what Hursty did in 2009. Alongside another former Miller Rob Scott, Hurst took over Northern Premier League side Ilkeston Town in football’s 7th tier. In his first season he won promotion, but financial uncertainty at the club meant he moved to Boston United, another Northern Premier League side. As he had done at Ilkeston, Hursty achieved promotion in his first season to the Conference North, whilst also winning two cup competitions (the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup and Lincolnshire Senior Cup).

In March 2011, Hurst’s Boston were sitting in 2nd place in the Blue Square North when he joined Grimsby Town in the Conference (5th tier). The Conference is a notoriously difficult league to get out of, with only two promotion spots available and some pretty big fish spending years down there (Lincoln, Wrexham, York etc). After a couple of steady seasons, Hurst took Grimsby to the playoffs in 2014, only to lose out in the Semi Finals. The following season he took them one-step closer, losing in the Playoff Final to giants Bristol Rovers on penalties at Wembley (a Bristol Rovers side who would go on to get automatic promotion from League Two the following season). Finally, in 2016, Hursty took Grimsby back to the Football League, winning promotion via the playoffs.

After a good start to the 2016/17 League Two campaign, Grimsby sat in 8th position when Hurst was poached by League One side Shrewsbury, who had taken just 10 points from their opening 15 games (0.67 per game) and were languishing at the bottom of the league, 6 points adrift of safety. Hurst’s arrival saw an improvement in results, and their record since he joined reads P24, W9, D6, L9, taking 33 points from 24 games, an average of 1.38 points per game. Whilst the table shows they are still in danger (1 point above 4th bottom Port Vale who have a game in hand), Hursty will keep them up; a miraculous achievement given the state he found them in last October.

So on to our situation. We currently have a stand-in manager (a man who is doing the best he can in a job that he is ill-equipped for in terms of the tools at his disposal and his own personal expertise), but unless there is literally no money left, we will surely be appointing a new boss. If you believe Tony Stewart we will go to League One with a strong budget, and we do have some decent players, particularly at League One level, which is well below the standard of the Championship (see Wigan winning it at a canter last season and coming straight back this season, or conversely Bolton finishing rock bottom with 30 points last season and coming straight back up).

Meanwhile over at Shrewsbury there is one of the hottest young properties in English management, a guy with an impeccable record who has started at the bottom of the football pyramid and worked his way up in a notoriously cut-throat industry. Add in the fact that this highly-rated young manager happens to be a Rotherham legend, and I say there could not be a more perfect candidate for the role. If it was anyone else with a record as good as his I’d suggest he’d be keeping his options open for a shot at a higher level, but given his ties to RUFC, I think Hurst would want the job. He knows most of the backroom staff (Warney, Brecks, Pollitt etc) as they were all part of the successful 2000/2001 era, the fans would be behind him given his history, he’s only 42, and most importantly, he’s proved that he is a brilliant football manager.

So Tony Stewart, please go out and get Paul Hurst.
Hursty, save Shrewsbury and then please come home.

Scu...Shrewsbury stayed up today. What a miracle from Paul Hurst that is.

[sawmiller]

Yes, has done well - now we face him and his side next season...