Hi there, Hibs fan here in peace, noticed you lot have been linked with a couple of our ex managers and thought I'd give you some information and opinions on them.
John Collins - has the potential to be a great manager but not in the SPL. At Hibs, he tried to completely reshape the club and change the training, diet and lifestyle of the players, this sort of approach has no chance of working with British players. Tactically he was excellent and he signed some very decent players. He always stated his ambition to make the club like how his old club Monaco was, for example training 9 till 5 every day and completely banning alcohol. Sad I know but this approach will never work in the modern day Scottish league and was doomed to fail from day one. Stay Away.
John Hughes - Big Yogi is some guy, a great character, really nice bubbly guy who will get on great with the players and build up a great team spirit. However, John Hughes is tactically clueless and apart from a good 5 month spell at Easter Road, the majority of his 16 months at Easter Road involved playing terrible football and some shocking results. A thing that angered a lot of Hibs fans was that Hughes had no plan B, would rarely make substitutions, and looked unable to change a game. Stay Away.
