Hanlon, Stevenson, Gray, McGregor - What Comes Next

[Dashing Bob S]

Yes, I know those legends are on the way out/need replaced, but I want to do a positive thread on what might come next for them as they all have what it takes to make a coaching/management impact in the game. Who do think might become the best future (hopefully Hibs) manager?


(And please, this is only a bit of fun. No tedious stropites stating the 'there's no way of knowing' obvious.)

[Scouse Hibee]

Lewis to become a personal trainer
Sir David to become a Hibernian ambassador and match day host
Paul to carve out a new career with HMRC
Darren to drive a taxi whilst coaching a kids team at the weekend.

[RobR27]

SDG and Darren will probably go straight into our coaching setup, I think that was the intention with the new contracts.
I see Hanlon doing the manager bit at some lower league clubs and probably the most likely of the 4 to be hibs Manager one day.
Lewis on the Tele.

[danhibees1875]

I think Hanlon and Stevenson will keep playing for a few years yet, Gray and McGregor more likely to fall back more into their coaching roles from next year.

Presumably Gray and McGregor will look to progress in coaching which will see them leave Hibs and open up a space for Hanlon and Stevenson to take up the same coaching pathway in a few years time.

One of them will manage Hibs within 10 years, the others will be constantly speculated about for decades to come whenever we're between managers.

[Vault Boy]

Daz has always given me the impression that he could be an orator. He's well spoken, methodical and has such a variety of experience to call upon. He'll make the best manager of the bunch.

Lew doesn't seem too interested in management because he's reserved, I could see him excelling at anything he puts his mind to, though.

SDG to see out his days as a full time legend, cutting about the streets of Edinburgh, living off freebies and occasionally snipping the ribbon at grand openings. He'll see that Hibs hire a specialist dome cleaner to polish the statue that'll inevitably be built outside ER.

Paul Hanlon still has a good few years in him yet.

[Brightside]

Paul Hanlon will be joining a touring production of Magic Mike.

[Barman Stanton]

Have a feeling Daz will be Hibs manager within a few years.

[Smartie]

Lewis Stevenson to continue to see off challengers for his jersey and prove doubters wrong for at least another 2-3 years.

He’s almost never been injured and is as fit as a fiddle.

The other 3 have all missed decent chunks of time through injuries (some quite serious) which you would expect to take their toll eventually.

[Smartie]

Paul Hanlon will be joining a touring production of Magic Mike.

I was thinking he’d make a good door to door marmite salesman.

As long as he went your door first and you bought all his marmite.

[lyonhibs]

We sometimes talk about these 4 like they are all 38 years old. I've been guilty of thinking Daz was past it last season. I think it'll be a couple of seasons at least before any of them hang up their boots.

[B.H.F.C]

We sometimes talk about these 4 like they are all 38 years old. I've been guilty of thinking Daz was past it last season. I think it'll be a couple of seasons at least before any of them hang up their boots.

Applies to Hanlon and Stevenson.

McGregor is probably at an age where they can move him to the ‘other things’ included in his contract. Gray just can’t get fit, or stay fit enough, to contribute properly though.

[The 90+2]

Hanlon at the HMRC 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Hibbyradge]

David Gray will become a recluse. His only visible contact with the outside world will be occasional epistles containing great wisdom and instructions on how to lead a pious, fruitful and happy life.

Lewis will play until 2029 after which he will become a mature fashion model and Saga poster boy. Hermit Crab will proclaim that there's no room for sentiment and that he's past it as a model.

Since he was a young child, Darren McGregor has been an avid fan of WWF wrestling and as soon as he retires from professional football, it'll be straight into the steroids and heavy gym work. He will eventually pursue a successful career at the very top of the WWF as The Lethal Leith Leveler. His slogan will be "Deceptively slow".

Paul Hanlon will continue to learn about coaching and will pass the various levels with high marks. His first role will be assistant to Alan Stubbs at Tranmere Rovers after which he will progress up the managerial ladder with various English League One and Two clubs before being appointed Hibs head coach. Paul will steer Hibs to a League Cup win, the final of the Scottish Cup and our first 2nd place league finish since 1975. Hermit Crab will dismiss him as "never a head coach".

[MWHIBBIES]

Hanlon easily still in the team. Lewis still in the team until a better, more offensively complete player is found. McGregor comfortably good enough for 3rd/4th choice and Gray a squad player who we only can't rely on due to injury.

[hibby rae]

Has anyone mentioned Lewie being the first president of Scotland?

I imagine Daz tours the planet as the most beautiful specimen of man ever created?

[Northernhibee]

I can see Lewis maurading down the wing aged 58 in a mechanical exoskeleton, picking up quite a few red cards after the exoskeleton gives him superhuman strength and even the most innocuous of challenges takes opposing players legs clean off.

Hibeegirl will insist that the opposing player dived, 90+2 will point out that he still can’t shoot to save himself and will be chased round Leith by an angry Lewis, shooting heat seeking missiles from his new gadget.

[J-C]

I can see Gray and Daz as our Head Coach and assistant in the not too distant future once they've completed their badges and had a couple of years coaching experience, Lewis I can see coaching the U16's, or concentrating on youth development, a bit early for Hanlon, still another 4-5 years in him.

[Coco Bryce]

Big Daz will continue his lifetime ambition to return and manage Xile.

[hibbyfraelibby]

Lewie will continue to play for two more years and eventually become head of the academy.

Paul has half a decade of being slated on here to look forward to yet before becoming head of the Foundation and manager of Hibernian Ladies in the Champions League

SDG and Daz will become assistant coaches to Head Coach Steven Whittaker when Jack Ross moves on to manage Man.U

[KingPat4]

Anyone but SDG. I couldn't bear the thought of the bedwetters moaning about him if the team were not doing well.


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[wookie70]

Hanlon is having a decent season after a poor start as is Lewis. They have a good few years left in team and squad. SDG needs to get free from injury. If he can he may have another couple of years too. Daz is getting to an age with his injuries that he is a good squad player for a year or two. No hurry to see the back of any of them in a Hibs strip and if they had a decent defensive midfield in front of them they would lose far less goals. The chopping and changing of the defense mostly through injury hasn't helped either.

[Itsnoteasy]

David Gray will become a recluse. His only visible contact with the outside world will be occasional epistles containing great wisdom and instructions on how to lead a pious, fruitful and happy life.

Lewis will play until 2029 after which he will become a mature fashion model and Saga poster boy. Hermit Crab will proclaim that there's no room for sentiment and that he's past it as a model.

Since he was a young child, Darren McGregor has been an avid fan of WWF wrestling and as soon as he retires from professional football, it'll be straight into the steroids and heavy gym work. He will eventually pursue a successful career at the very top of the WWF as The Lethal Leith Leveler. His slogan will be "Deceptively slow".

Paul Hanlon will continue to learn about coaching and will pass the various levels with high marks. His first role will be assistant to Alan Stubbs at Tranmere Rovers after which he will progress up the managerial ladder with various English League One and Two clubs before being appointed Hibs head coach. Paul will steer Hibs to a League Cup win, the final of the Scottish Cup and our first 2nd place league finish since 1975. Hermit Crab will dismiss him as "never a head coach".


WWF, wrestling wi gorillas & Attenborough being ringside referee.

[007]

Lewie will continue to play for two more years and eventually become head of the academy.

Paul has half a decade of being slated on here to look forward to yet before becoming head of the Foundation and manager of Hibernian Ladies in the Champions League

SDG and Daz will become assistant coaches to Head Coach Steven Whittaker when Jack Ross moves on to manage Man.U

...and buys McGinn from Villa for £200M.

[MacGruber]

Going to go against the grain and say playing football. Personally don't think any of them are finished. McGregor could play another season after this, as can Hanlon and Stevenson. Gray will be the first to go. I think he has it in him but he takes longer to get up to speed after sitting out and needs a run of games. Problem is he can't put a run of games together mostly due to injury but sometimes form of others.

They have all look exposed with the midfield lacking a defensive midfielder. I think any combination of new players would have had the same struggles.

They'll obviously need replaced soon enough but all might have a few miles left in the tank yet.

As it happens, I think we have a decent centre back in Jackson and a raw talent in Porteous. I like Naismith and maybe can do something there next season. McGinn looks a handy squad player too that can cover a number of positions.

[basehibby]

After numerous injury setbacks, SDG will give up football altogether and take up acting - starting with bit parts in the Panto opposite Grant Stott, his star will rapidly rise leading to Hollywood roles starring as the father of Obi-Wan-Kenobi in the refranchised StarWars - the Next Generation Before the Last One (but one). However, after spending his hefty royalties on booze, women and roulette down Las Vegas Strip, Gray will "come back home" and live a life of contentment working as club ambassador out of the Famous Five. Hanlon and Stevenson will retain their long standing Cup winning partnership by starting a successful nude celebrity skydiving club down by "Sunny Dunny" until a tragic accident over the Bass Rock involving an angry swarm of Puffins leads to serious litigation and bankruptcy over reconstructive surgery costs to Russel Crowe's nether regions. McGregor will take up writing as a hobby and become an award winning children's author writing the next series of sci-fi-magical fantasy books. Leaving JK Rowling in the shade as a comparative pauper, he will purchase Hibs from Ron-G, appoint himself as owner-manager with Hanlon, Stevenson and SDG as his "dream team" assistants before funding a multi-billion Euro spending splurge, purchasing Man Utd and Barcelona as feeder clubs and embarking upon the most successful era in the club's history.

[Swedish hibee]

I personally can't wait for Lewis to write a book. I hope he's kept a journal over the years!

[where'stheslope]

Voted for Gray.
There are not many players who have his credentials, and scoring the winning cup goal!!!
His "SDG" tag says it all to a Hibs supporter, he will be revered at Easter Road forever!!!!!