Yipe all 3 deserve to be part of any discussion.
Hay has had to blend in the Western Suburbs players with existing lot at ES, so it is at least partly his team. Jose F has done bloody good as well, with again predominantly NZ players and much smaller budget than ACFC.
Ramon T been around a long time, but ACFC are way more resourced than any other Handa Prem club, and they bring through too few Kiwi players for me.
What's a bit interesting to me as well is that the Nix squad, seem to have responded well to Rudan's 'hard man' no nonsense/no excuses outward style. That is obviously very simplistic, and Rudan I'm sure has more than just that going on. But when I look at the Handa Prem coaches, they all seem a bit outwardly 'too nice' - apart from Hay, and obviously Angell. Same problem Greenacre. Just a casual observation.
So if in the future the Nix have a more Kiwi coaching setup, someone like Hay maybe worth having in the mix, even as an assistant.
Anyway it's all a bit pointless as a discussion unless Kiwi based coaches, are in the future treated same as the Aussies re A League necessary quals.