Barrow manager Pete Wild is the latest to be linked to the vacant role at Blackpool, who have just been relegated from the Championship.
Wild, 38, has a long-term contract with the Bluebirds, but his work at Holker Street is said to have impressed the Blackpool hierarchy.
Whatever happens in Barrow’s final game at home to Stevenage tomorrow they will finish ninth in League Two following Wild’s first season in charge.
This is a major contrast to last season when the Bluebirds were scrambling to survive until late into the campaign.
Although he joined Barrow from National League side Halifax, Wild has had previous experience in the EFL, where he managed Oldham Athletic for a short time during their traumas on and off the pitch.
He guided Halifax Town to top-half finishes before accepting the challenge to take charge of a League Two side.
Wild has built a side at Barrow under strict budget guidelines and has used his contacts in the game to largely bring in players he has worked with before.
Reading between the lines it seems that Wild’s work has impressed enough for him to be put under consideration by Blackpool who are looking to re-build in League One next season.
There have been no standout candidates linked with the Blackpool job although ex-players such as Ian Evatt (himself a former Barrow manager) and Charlie Adam have been mentioned, although it might be nothing more than they used to play for the Seasiders.
It’s been a major disappointment this season for Blackpool to go down. They have never really started and the managerial changes will hardly have helped.
They got rid of Michael Appleton in January and replaced him with veteran Mick McCarthy and the 63-year-old left Bloomfield Road at the beginning of April having managed just two wins in 14 games.
Stephen Dobbie, a former Blackpool player, remained in charge of the final few games of the season but he has been unable to turn things round.
The Seasiders play their final Championship game of the season away at Norwich City tomorrow and then it will be all about appointing the right man to lead them back. Is Pete Wild that man?
