Willie Miller issues Aberdeen advice in Stephen Glass replacement search as legend calls for 'pragmatic and direct' shift
dailyrecord.co.ukWillie Miller believes Aberdeen need to go for an experienced boss after the failed experiment with Stephen Glass. And the Dons legend insists it has to be substance over style when it comes to the next move for chairman Dave Cormack and his board.
Miller admits he was not shocked at the dismissal of Glass after the furious response of fans to the weekend loss at Motherwell.
After just 11 months in post, the former Pittodrie midfielder was axed having won only 14 of his 41 games at the helm.Cormack took a chance on Glass delivering in his first job in Scotland with a remit to play attractive football and blood youngsters.Miller says the sacking gives evidence it didn’t all work out and the ex-boss and iconic captain now feels it could be time to have flexibility.Miller said: “I think it is maybe experience that is required now.“I suppose the question then is can the chairman and the board actually work with a more experienced manager?“Experienced managers bring a different challenge to a chairman and a board.“If they are willing to embrace that, I’d think that’d be the route to go.“You have got to give the manager a bit more latitude in when he brings youngsters in and also the style of play.
I don’t think you can dictate it is open and attractive.“Sometimes that doesn’t work and you need to be a bit more pragmatic and direct.“It’s a short period of time for Stephen, just 11 months, he had a specific brief.“To play attacking football and get youngsters into the team.“In the search for a new manager, that’s going to be an interesting discussion if a new manager is going to take that on board or not.“If it’s a more-experienced manager, you are going to have issues if you are trying to law down the style.“A new manager
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