Bazeley's (or is it Beazley) latest achievement was coaching the U19s to the OFC title and WC qualification without conceding a goal. Don't think even Des did that.
Anyway, Bazeley isn't the man for the AWs job.
You have some weird logic. Hay took Eastern Suburbs to the Handy Prem title.
Who knows if half that squad hadn't signed pro deals soon after, and he'd stayed on as coach - he might have also got them to the Club World Cup.
When it was a proper fair Champions League/CWC qualifying format in OFC, it always came down to final between the 2 NZ teams, mostly Auckland City verus TW.