Quote: HU8HFC "Never understood why the club has insisted that being british and having SL experience is priority, realistically the market for that sort of coach is incredibly slim, the one candidate that fitted that bill was Rowley, who we have given up on.
What other options in SL is there? Wellens, Burgess, Peet, Watson, none of which are going to leave their current roles
Then you look at other targets like McDermott, Agar, etc which rightly 99% of people would turn their nose to.
Some of the best coaches this competition has seen over the years have had zero experience of the game in this country, you could call it a gamble, but to me it’s one I feel we have no other option but to take.
It feels like, post the Rowley links, we have just wasted time in unrealistic targets, glad to see we’ve finally broadened our search.'"
I suspect it was a priority because they had identified Rowley as their number one target. It was probably a bit of a PR move because they were confidant they had got their man whilst also being vague enough to cover themselves if they had to go another route. Whilst we aren't likely to get any of those coaches you mentioned, if we end up appointing an assistant from a SL club then they can still say that it counts as experience (just not as head coach). If we give the job to Grix or a Championship coach (Richard Horne for example) it's a similar thing because you can point to their playing careers as the experience.
If you notice, after Rowley fell through, the narrative changed slightly to include coaches with knowledge with SL rather than specifically British coaches. Which was around the time the Lam rumours started. And although the HDM are saying that is still a preference, the key word is preference, suggesting they are broadening the search as you say.
