Hibs and Calderwood make an interesting match-up

Colin not Jimmy tasked with bringing sunshine back to Leith

Hibs have pulled another left-field management appointment out of the bag with the announcement that Colin Calderwood is to be the Leith side’s new manager.

His track record may not be the most exciting but perhaps Hibs require a more disciplinarian manager to get the most out of their squad. Hibs are certainly not short on talent but perhaps a lack of application or work-rate has been their downfall.

If Calderwood can install more of a backbone into the Easter Road side, Hibs may have a team that can compete all season.

Calderwood has shown himself to be a capable manager at League One and Two level in England but failed miserably in the Championship. You would have to imagine that the Hibs board believes he can do a job in the SPL and perhaps he interviews well but his managerial CV doesn’t look the best.

We’re also not sure what to make of Colin Calderwood the man. At times he has come across as an absolute prickly character but then again, at other times he seems not too bad.

Calderwood sparked outrage and disgust amongst some football fans when he criticised the minutes silence that was being held up and down Britain to honour the life of Phil O’Donnell. Nottingham Forest never held a minutes silence and this was due to Calderwood’s insistence.

“I didn’t particularly want a tribute. Sometimes I don’t think it’s appropriate to have them for every tragedy that happens. The fact that it was a boy in Scotland, does that make it any different to a boy in Colombia?”

For a former Scottish internationalist who had picked up 36 caps, it can be seen why some fans would not have been happy with his comments. Then again, Calderwood is as entitled to his opinion as much as the next person.

In contrast though, Calderwood did a lot of good for a local Nottingham charity when he put his Manager of the Month award up for auction on eBay. A sum of £2,000 was said to have been raised from this auction, which is a tidy sum and perhaps an indication that the guy ain’t all that bad.

Colin Calderwood has guaranteed himself a baptism of fire in the SPL and Hibs next five games look particularly mouth-watering:

Away to Aberdeen
Away to Dundee United
Home to Hearts
Away to Rangers
Home to Motherwell
It’ll be interesting to see how many points out of 15 Calderwood picks up in his opening five games.

Do you think this is a good appointment?

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