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| Paul Caddis |
Paul Caddis has been telling the Non-League paper how he came to manage Hereford.
"I left Swindon during Covid and someone at Fleetwood said why don't you come in and do some coaching while you are looking for a club? And I thought why not.
"I was there for two years. Then someone from Birmingham rang and said 'listen there's a job come up at Hereford.
"They want someone with fresh ideas, I think you'll be perfect.
"I put my name in for it without expecting anything to come back.
"I hadn't played at the level, I hadn't coached at the level.
"And when I looked around the league I could see most of the managers had.
"I went for a interview and I was very open about my inexperience. But it went well.
"I got a invitation to the final three and I walked out thinking 'you know that actually went alright'.
"Two hours later I was offered the job."
It wasn't an easy start.
"On my very first day in the job I went and met every single player.
"I sat them down, looked them in the eye and I said they weren't wanted.
"I didn't want to do it by phone or zoom. I didn't want them to hear it from someone else.
"I wanted them to hear it from me. I told them we were going in a different direction, that I think I can get better players, better characters.
"I know for a fact I'll have walked out of those meetings the most hated man in Hereford and I knew it could backfire."
Those meetings took place just two days before the last game of the season away at Blyth Spartans.
"At the end of the day you have to look after your own house and you can't be scared to make tough decisions as a manager.
"I can't promise promotion or unbeaten records, but what I've promised from day one is a team full of character, desire and full of hard work."