willie will make a better assistant coach than an academy coach imo
i watched the u20's last season and they were at times clueless,they had no direction,poor plays in the opositions 20 and the sliding defence was wayward to say the least,but they had some very talented players at his disposal!
willie's main assets are his motivational techniques and his man management skills,he's surely more suited to a no2 role rather than actually coaching/dictating his own sides game plan

Correct me if i'm wrong
Leeds let him go because he didn't do to well with the under 20's in which he was the main man ?

He's coming to Wire but TS is the main man, he's just a number 2. So even if he was fantastic, it's TS's ideas and plans that are implemented on the training pitch anyway, he's just 'help'.

Now it might sound as though i'm not showing the No.2 position the respect it deserves but it's the No.1 i'm more concerned with.

I'm sure Utd fans of all the famous No.2's they've had couldn't give 2 hoots as long as Fergie stays.

Good luck Poching

Im quite happy to trust Tony's judgement on this one, he hasnt done much wrong for us so far

It could be that Willie Poaching will always be a far better number 2 than a head coach in charge of a team, you see it quite a lot in both rugby and football where an excellent number 2 doesn`t really kick on and make it as a head coach.

You go with Tony Smith`s judgement, he knows far more about the game than any of us do.

Mike Phelan is employed just solely to speak to the BBC.

As the poster said, we have had many number 2's and always remained succesful.

Archie Knox
Brian Kidd
Steve Mclaren
Walter Smith
Carlos Querioz
Mike Phelan