Darren coaches his son's team as far as I know. We probably need someone with a little more 'top draw' experience. Why not throw Chris Tauro into the equation too - I liked him!

Joking aside if it is an overseas coach the club are considering then I think you'll find there is criteria for obtaining a work permit in the UK. I think there has to be a certain length of service at NRL level with the necessary coaching qualifications.

Apparantly neither has heard of Skype, anyway bizarre decisions and Salford go hand in hand.

Hmm An Aus Coach who can't control his behaviour and a 34 yr old, it would certainly be a statement ..

Come on Skype you can't be serious, this is a massive appointment in a new important era for the club. If it's an overseas coach they want then surely they have to go and meet all the applicants in person. Video conferencing is unnaturally phony and wouldn't necessarily allow them to pick up on everything such as all the body language signals etc. Futhermore it's essential the club goes out there and asks as many people's opinions (From NRL) of the candidates as possible. Also what kind of message would it give the applicants if the interviews were done on Skype? If it was me I'd be questioning if they were really that bothered about the new coaching position or their club.

I seem to recall Ian Lenagan the Wigan Chairman going to Australia and unearthing Michael McGuire and I don't think any Wiganers would be critical of his recruitment methods.

Can you just imagine the critisism the club would get if they appointed a new coach from a Skype interview and it didn't work out? Every man and his dog would be saying the club should have got their ar$es on a plane to Aussie.

John Kear would be perfect for Salford, he is the best for getting the most out of average players. We musn't have grand designs, we are a poor/average team and have a lot of players on long contracts. Yes the new stadium will help us but Its not going to propel us into the elite. Another big factor to take into consideration would be the fact that we will probably only have 1 or 2 available quota spaces next, so what is the point in bringing in an aussie coach who has limited knowledge of the players over here? It doesn't make any sense! Kear gets my vote, followed by Millward!

The ideal situation for me would be an up and coming coach from the NRL with knowledge of all the latest fitness, technical and tactical methods etc and Kear as performance manager for his motivational and man management qualities.

So you don't think, signing one of the bigeest names in the world of RL would be a statement of intent?

Check you, for hard to please. The point is we have a terrible defence and this guy bases a large amount of his coaching on aggressive defence. Additionally, two of the biggest names in RL would, definitely, get the people talking about Salford Reds.

We don't want someone who was a good player unless he's a proven top quality coach; we certainly don't want someone because we like him; we don't want Kear because I don't like him!Not really sure why,just gut feel.
Seriously,I would prefer Noble to Kear.

Good argument, i see your point!!

So are you saying that Ricky Stuart isnt a top quality coach

Salford Advertiser says Reds head coach to be named at the end of next week. Link below. menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser ... -next-week

Salford Advertiser says Reds head coach to be named at the end of next week. Link below. menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser ... -next-week

is ricky stewert on short list or are we clutching to hope. i cant see us attacting a top class coach as stewert and cant see him working with steve simms. and also dont see veivers being appointed if the club want a top coach. Again the club never bring in a big name one we aint attractive propasition and 2 we only have small budget so cant see it being a big name at this time.

id be suprised if it wasnt millward!big mate of simms and wilky trusts simms!people are deluded if they dnt think this sort of thing happens!lot of people tell me wilky is a nice guy!,i think personally he has alot of wool pulled over his eyes by certain people behind the scenes!love us to be forward thinking like huddersfield in regards to coach but cnt see it happening!

Well according to this post he's interested.

I agree with every word, If the club get this appointment wrong in three years time we will be out.
The coaches that have been mentioned,mite be good,but I am afraid we need a big name,to get people interested
I don't think Gentle or Wrigley or the others will do that, Hanley would be the name,but I am not sure he would
entertain Simms.And we no he is fire proof.

I would love ricky stewert to get the job but like i say are we an attractive proposition for ricky stewert and i say again i do not think we could afford him. He would be a great aquasition though but like most poeople i have a sneaky feel for millward and yet again steve simms having his own way. according to advertiser we only have to wait a week . So if right not long to go now

To me that makes perfect sense and would also lead me to think that Kear is who they want.

Talking of which when is the announcement of the franchise made? if we are not going to make that announcement till then we could have pi$$ed away thr farewell season at the Willows.

I can't believe some people.

If we conducted interviews by Skpe and it went wrong there would be the usual posters telling us how unprofessional the club are.

Interviews need to be face to face to see if these candidates genuinely want to come and whether they fit in with what the club are trying to achieve, doing this via Skpe isn't ideal.

I would say if the club want to progress and intend to appoint a coach for more than 12 months then that has to be no to both Noble and Kerr. We need new blood and ideas. I hope the club give the coach freedom to appoint staff for the first team including conditioner etc.

I couldn't agree more with this tbh. The Skype suggestion moust've been some sort of wind up. I stated earlier that this isn't only Salford appointing the right coach, it's about us convincing the coach that we are the club to come to. You can't do that over the phone. You have to make the effort to go and sell Salford to your desired candidate. This is as much an interview for the Salford board to the new coach as it is the coach to Salford.

Spot on.
Make no mistake,the real challenge is not to check out the coach but to sell the club to him.

Who ever ends up coaching Salford will not make a lick of difference. Even if they get hold of somebody like Wayne Bennett they will still be the laughing stock of rugby league!

and why don't you do us all a favour and feck off back under the stone you came from under

Spot on. I also think it's extremely important the club do some work out there asking the right questions to as many of the NRL people as possible about these applicants.

The MEN says the fans are in favour of Veivers-which r they?
Surely tonight was the final nail in his coffin-not even got a new coach bounce from him-maybe a gd no. 2 for a new Aussie though-the shambles has to stop we need a new coach now!!!!