If he goes, then I think we need to make sure we get the best possible deal for compensation for him and anyone else who chooses to follow him to Chesterfield. Insert clauses to make sure he ain't back for a January sale
New manager will then have to fend off interest from Rochdale & Chesterfield, be it January or next summer, for players who the two previous managers will no doubt come sniffing around,so vital that a new manager has the backing of the board and ties down
KEY players on long term deals as soon as possible, so the price tag to prise said players away doesn't come cheap.
And when it comes to appointing the new manager, the board, taking all this into account, need to make sure that whilst we'll probably always be a stepping stone for ambitious managers, we need to make sure that we get somebody who's at least prepared to give it longer than 8 months before jumping at the next step on his career ladder.
Whilst you can't blame anybody for progressing themselves career wise, I don't like the feeling that our club has been "used" and we're back to where we where in January. That upheaval ( Coley going to 'Dale) led to the disastrous capitulation of what looked to be a promising season .
Whilst we've had a reasonable start this term, you only have to look at the league table to see where another disastrous spell of form could leave the club.
I was looking forward to going to the cup game at Fylde....If Cook goes, as widely predicted, we could be on a hiding to nothing in that game and facing a very embarassing cup exit to boot.