Following
Steve Bruce’s unexpected resignation this week, Hull City find themselves
without a manager 20 days before the 2016-17 Premier League opener, which will be
against the reigning PL champions Leicester City on Aug. 13.
The man
presently in charge of the club, Mike Phelan, who served as Sir Alex Ferguson‘s
assistant at Manchester United, has essentially no first-team managerial
experience, but he’s eager to cut his teeth and wants the job anyway according
to the Hull Daily Mail:
“I want to be a
manager. I don’t really see why I shouldn’t want to be a manager. Time will
tell. That decision doesn’t sometimes come down to you.
“I’ve had a small chat
and I was asked if I would carry on being in charge for now. We have games, we
have preparations, we’ve still got three weeks to go.
“My job is no different
to what it has been except now I’m stood on the touchline in games doing my
bit. We just have to do our job, there’s nothing else we can do until the
powers that be make their decisions.”
Here’s why
it’s (obviously) crazy for the club to delay a final decision any longer than
absolutely necessary: with every passing day, important preparations for a PL
season, a campaign in which the Tigers will almost certainly be fighting for
their top-division status, are being undertaken by an interim boss who, based
upon the daily whims of an outgoing owner, may or may not be the man to lead
Hull into that 38-game battle.
Phelan
previously served as interim manager for Norwich City in 2015, for a period
totaling four days.
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