Why would the Welnix consider Des Buckingham as a coach when he has never coached or played in a professional team. Seems he is going to play the same way as Merrick which didn't work out for the last two seasons. Maybe Merrick recommended Greenacre and Buckingham and Welnix see them as cheapest option. All the top coaches in the A League have good professional playing backgrounds and experience in coaching at a high level. Why would we want to employ British coaches throughout the club who have no professional experience apart from Greenarce. We should be looking at an innovative, energetic and non-British coach to manage the team.
Oh go back to your bridge troll. You dont need to have played as a "professional" to be a good coach case and point Sir graham henry, also look at steve hansen he can hardly be called a "professional" arguable the two most successful rugby coach's in history. My personal feeling is that they find the right person for the club to teach and inspire the players to play to their best with an adaptive style if that means fudgeing jim bob from the backwaters of england who never played higher than sunday league then so be it. I get we are fans and are passionate and i salute you for that but i also think the owners who are sinking their own money in are somewhat passionate and much better qualified than yourself to make the decision.
Henry and Hansen didn't go straight from coaching club rugby to getting the All Blacks head coaching role though (which is about Buckingham's experience). They had to earn the position through gradually moving through the ranks. Yes, the Nix aren't the ABs but I think we need a coach with more experience than Greenie and Des currently have. Got no problem with them eventually getting the the top positions though.