Now Wolves have added Walter Smith to the list of managers who have told Morgan and Moxey to take a hike! He turned down both short-term and long-term contract options, apparently. Are we to be surprised? Why would a man with his CV decide to ruin it with a relegation-bound club who wouldn't be able to give him the resources needed? He'd have to be insane to do that - and he is certainly not that. At least, however, Wolves have finally approached a suitable candidate (after Curbishley, Bruce, Poyet and Warnock). However, why did they not keep the approach to Walter Smith quiet and informal, rather than publicly embarrassing Wolves yet again?
Who now, then? Bruce is far from the right candidate in my eyes and must surely know by now that he is well-removed from being a first choice, or even a second or third choice, candidate in the eyes of the Wolves board and the fans. What is more, the players now know this too - so what will that do for squad confidence? All of this has come about because of the incompetence of the Wolves board.
About the only thing that Morgan got right initially was to say that this was a job for an experienced, cool-headed manager with substantial prior Premiership experience. Of course, he's since panicked and gone back on that statement by tring to recruit a manager who has zero Prem. experience. However, he was right to begin with on this one point. Who then is left who fits the bill?
I doubt anyone with the right CV would take the poison chalice which is the post of Wolves manager at the moment. However, at the risk of more embarrassment (does it matter any more?) I guess Avram Grant is a possible contender. Whether he is the right guy to motivate the team is another matter. Whether he would come must be highly unlikely. Whether Wolves would pay enough is even more unlikely still. Would he be able to save Wolves from relegation? I would very much doubt it, if only because I doubt if any manager on earth could save them. Might he be able to build for the future from a Championship base. Quite possibly, I suspect. But this would mean his being prepared to start from such a base. We can ask the same question, therefore, as we might have asked regarding Walter Smith - why would he?
Several posters have suggested Premiership novices (or relative novices) such as Hughton. Forget it. They do not hold enough sway or respect in the football marketplace, nor do they have the myriad of contacts internationally which would be required to get the right players to agree to join Wolves, with all the constraints this implies (low pay, questionable prospects, etc.). No, a wise old hand with all these attributes is essential - and, critically, he must be appointed on a permanent basis and paid handsomely.
Ha! Now the problem is obvious - as it has been all along to those who were not too blind or stubborn to see.
Good luck, Wolves. You will sure as hell need it.
Who now, then? Bruce is far from the right candidate in my eyes and must surely know by now that he is well-removed from being a first choice, or even a second or third choice, candidate in the eyes of the Wolves board and the fans. What is more, the players now know this too - so what will that do for squad confidence? All of this has come about because of the incompetence of the Wolves board.
About the only thing that Morgan got right initially was to say that this was a job for an experienced, cool-headed manager with substantial prior Premiership experience. Of course, he's since panicked and gone back on that statement by tring to recruit a manager who has zero Prem. experience. However, he was right to begin with on this one point. Who then is left who fits the bill?
I doubt anyone with the right CV would take the poison chalice which is the post of Wolves manager at the moment. However, at the risk of more embarrassment (does it matter any more?) I guess Avram Grant is a possible contender. Whether he is the right guy to motivate the team is another matter. Whether he would come must be highly unlikely. Whether Wolves would pay enough is even more unlikely still. Would he be able to save Wolves from relegation? I would very much doubt it, if only because I doubt if any manager on earth could save them. Might he be able to build for the future from a Championship base. Quite possibly, I suspect. But this would mean his being prepared to start from such a base. We can ask the same question, therefore, as we might have asked regarding Walter Smith - why would he?
Several posters have suggested Premiership novices (or relative novices) such as Hughton. Forget it. They do not hold enough sway or respect in the football marketplace, nor do they have the myriad of contacts internationally which would be required to get the right players to agree to join Wolves, with all the constraints this implies (low pay, questionable prospects, etc.). No, a wise old hand with all these attributes is essential - and, critically, he must be appointed on a permanent basis and paid handsomely.
Ha! Now the problem is obvious - as it has been all along to those who were not too blind or stubborn to see.
Good luck, Wolves. You will sure as hell need it.
