Former Carlisle United boss Keith Millen has already ruled himself out of taking the hot seat at League Two Gillingham.
Millen was asked to take over on an interim basis by director of football Kenny Jackett and happy to help, after manager Neil Harris was sacked on Thursday.
He told Kent Online: “I am not interested in the job permanently. I have been asked to keep the seat warm for the next person.
“The change of direction is not me, I am taking the team Saturday, I am different to Neil, I have been a manager, I have been caretaker manager too many times and my ideas will be slightly different to Neil’s and any other manager. You have to have an identity for what you do.
“Am I going to turn it around in one and a half training sessions? No. Thursday was a case of seeing the players, obviously, they played Tuesday (losing at Crewe) so there were tired legs and I have to work out who is fit, look at MK Dons, do the homework on the opposition and think of a team that will give us the best chance of winning the game.
“I would like to think that we would get a positive reaction on Saturday. We want to be on the front-foot and show there is a desire within the changing room, I would like to think we will see that.”
Kent Online say that Millen’s own role at the club had been up for discussion already, having initially joined as head of academy coaching in April before taking a more active role in the B team and the first team in recent weeks.
Millen met with the outgoing management team of Harris and David Livermore on Thursday, shortly after they were dismissed. The pair even offered him help with preparing for the MK Dons game this Saturday.
The experienced coach is happy to take on the in-between role while the Gills look for a new head coach, having previously had caretaker positions previously at Bristol City, Crystal Palace and with weekend opponents MK Dons.
He went onto manage on a permanent basis at Bristol City and was more recently manager at Carlisle United where he was only in charge for four months before leaving ahead of Paul Simpson’s arrival.
