Spud has the runs on the board with a premiership under his belt but Wallace has left us more to work with (well at least it seems that way at the moment). Spud was a better bloke who would have made a great captain or assistant coach but lacked the tactical nous, teaching skills and focus that all good coaches possess. TW was great tactically and was a student of the game but lacked the know-with-all to pass this onto the players who found his message confusing rather than inspirational. Spud was hands on but TW was distant. Spud was clueless in front of the media which just caused the Tigers faithful to lose hope and becoming increasingly disillusioned and frustrated (projectile spit anyone?). TW was a spin doctor who kept the masses as bay by selling a message of long term hope which allowed the club to make a half arsed attempt at rebuilding.
All in all its hard to split the two - if loyalty, passion and honesty was the criteria for a good coach Spud would win hands down but if media nous, tactics and professionalism was the crucial criteria then Wallace would win.
Even though I am thoroughly disillusioned with Wallace's disloyalty, correct strategy (1% are non existent) and self preserving trading, I still think he has left us with more to work with than Spud did. Whether than is enough is another story but I still think we now have the skeleton of a good team. We just need Hardwick and our recruiters to add some flesh and muscle now!
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