If he is going to accept the challenge he should be really smart and do it now, otherwise he is going to get stuck with the decisions made for the next 5 months. Either that or no decisions will be made while we wait on him starting and he'll have a month to recruit the players that he wants before pre season starts, with Xmas in the middle. Pretty stupid to wait if he is going to accept it, that is if it has even been offered to him.
Then there is the chance that if he doesn't take it now that we will find someone else who will. Wane for example, he's not busy right now, he could start work in 14 days (a la Thompson). Take the time off if there ends up being Internationals to coach England (unlikely).
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