Any rumours around ?
Needs to be a hungry Oz coach (like Mark R) who either wants to make a name for themselves after serving their time as an assistant A League coach, or wants to prove a point (ie maybe missed out on Oz top job options which have been going over the last few months).
Cannot and won't be a Kiwi. Don't start me on the Warriors.
As Rudan has shown. For any up and coming Aussie coach, the phoenix is only ever going to be seen as steeping stone into a bigger coaching role in Oz. I'm not sure thats the answer, particularly an assistant coach. I'd prefer Buckingham and Greenacre over an unproven Oz assistant coach like Ross Aloisi for example.
Someone like Kurz though that is different. Experienced A league campaigner with a decent track record.
Richard Parkin in this week's podcast, offers some great insight into who he thinks should be the next Nix coach. Sort of flows on from a question from Craig Foster, in that he can't really see "what the Nix as a club stand for".
Parkin basically says that the club should go back to having a very strong 'Kiwi brand'. Which means the coach should be from NZ, with a strong core of Kiwi/AWs players. That at least gives the club a distinct point of difference, and a recognised culture/value set. He seemed to be pushing Buckingham from memory (did listen a few days ago, so forget exact detail). Thinks the new coach needs to be given licence to have a min 3 year plan, for some stability and to shape the side and NZ centric culture.
He also identified the problem of a young Aussie coach, not hanging around long, esp if successful like Rudan.
If time poor, just listen to podcast from about 40 minute mark.