Quote: AJ "You have finally lost the plot.'"
Why because i do not think success at 1 club is enough to call them a proven coach?
Using Millward as an example were he a proven coach why is he having to serve his dues back in Australia?
There are very few "proven" coaches about in England, Kear is one, off the top of my head i am struggling to find another.
Anderson i think after his spell at Saints could lay claim to this. Tony Smith perhaps.
The thing that proves a coach is there ability to be a success at more than 1 club. A 1 club coach is usually sat very well in the comfort zone at 1 club, once he is taken out of that system the challenge is to adapt to the new systems and evlove with the game, work with what you have that you may not always want. This proves an ability to coach not following a blueprint.
Coaching is a fluid art, not a rigid one.
Football is littered with proven coaches as is the NRL, but in the UK there are very very few maily because of there lack of options.
I do not necessarily think it is essential to recruit a "proven" coach as there are so few about but i do think that it is essential to recruit a coach that has shown ability to adapt and evolve while they develop. Millwards chance to prove himslef as a coach came at Wigan he failed, Noble's chance has come at Wigan and as yet he is not there, especially when you consider his time at the healm of GB.