Andy Hay is leaving Cas. www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1777 Turning into a decent coach. I read that a "relationship" was being introduced to send Cas kids on Dual reg to Leigh. Nobody knows them better than Hay. Could be a good move.

Andy Hay is leaving Cas. www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1777 Turning into a decent coach. I read that a "relationship" was being introduced to send Cas kids on Dual reg to Leigh. Nobody knows them better than Hay. Could be a good move.

And yes J.C. lots happens in the off season especially for a new coach who will have to make various appointments re players, staff etc. then we have the new scholarship scheme which Gary Eccleston is in charge of but the head coach should have a strong input with, the list goes on and on, having a head coach in place before the end of October is very important.

Thought they all went on holliday fred.

People forget Norman's spell in charge of the team in 1998 before the arrival of Basil. Without raking through the record books I feel there were only a couple of wins and some heavy defeats along the way - plus the lowest post war crowd to watch the club in a league game - 698 at Hilton Park.

I have a lot of time for Norman though. He did a brilliant job as assistant at the club and steadied the ship superbly in the interim period before Paul Terzis arrived, before coming onboard again in 2003 after Paul's departure.

for a week or a fortnight yes but like I said quite a lot happens in the off season thats why IMO it's important we get a coach ASAP

Was TB ever on the poll list?

He was on the "Nice bloke, but never a coach in a month of Sundays" poll.

Fred, do you not think that a new coach will only be appointed if we get new investors on board? Until then I think the club will appoint Neil Jukes / Paul Rowley on an interim basis.

....what happens if we don't get new investors? Surely the current board have to make the decision based on a new investor not coming in, in the short term. Putting in an interim coaching set up would deter players from signing as they would want gaurantees for the season. The current board have to put things in place that ensure we have a coach and team for next year. It looks like there won't be a white knight stepping in, so we have to go it alone based on a realistic budget.

It depends I think on a number of matters but as this BoD has advertised I think they will appoint if the right man is available (whomever he may be), but then again there was no cut off date for applicants but that may have just been an oversight.
Plus if there are no new investors some of the board members may well not resign as we have to have a board of directors to continue.

In the Reporter it says "with an open deadline currently keeping options open ".

thanks for that looks like my Reporter is in a hedge somewhere this week

Has the Sun got an inside track? Penultimate paragraph:- www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... -boot.html

Has the Sun got an inside track? Penultimate paragraph:- www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... -boot.html