Hungry Jon wants Hearts hotseat full-time
a.haggerty@dailyrecord.co.uk enjoyed that. It gave me the ambition to work hard and then eventually get that opportunity.
“Obviously I didn’t expect this circumstance but we find ourselves here. I’ll enjoy it, I’ll learn and work as hard as I can so the team can get back to putting in performances which will get us results.
“I just found out the other day I had the interim job.
“I wouldn’t know where to start applying. I’ve never done a CV in my life.
“If I do well and if the players respond to us then that gives us a chance. And if I don’t get it I’ll go back and work with the 20s. I see my short-term working with the 20s and my long term with the first 11. “It’s up to the club to make sure they get the right person, whether it’s from inside the club or not. “It’s an opportunity for me to enjoy myself and try to stamp my authority on the team, whether that be for one, two, three of four matches. “People talk about experienced managers but I’ve been in the game for 20 years, albeit as a player for 90 per cent of that time.”
Daly revealed he has tried to put the fun back into training sessions this week after Cathro’s departure. He said: “Ian has his ideas and he sticks to those ideas. For me, it can be a strength but also a weakness.
“You must be able to adapt and change when things aren’t working.
“There is no question, and I’ll echo what the club said, that Ian is a fantastic young coach. He had good ideas and I did learn a lot from some of the stuff he did.
“Other times I would think I wouldn’t do that myself but that could be said about any coach. I’m sure if I watched Jose Mourinho I’d pick some things up and other bits wouldn’t be for me.
“Each coach finds his own way and tries to pick up on everything they’ve seen. “I’ve learned from my experience as a player that you can’t always give players what they want.
“If you give them an inch they take a mile but that being said, if you don’t give them anything or are just constantly giving them information, it can feel relentless and players can switch off.
“The training has to have an element of fun and an element of competitiveness so that when it does come to match day, they know what to expect.
“I want to make sure we are not an easy pushover and that we work hard and are in the other team’s faces and all the other stuff you would expect from Hearts.
“I said to the players the other day it is an opportunity for everyone, myself and the players, everyone at the club, to have a clean slate.”
Daly joked he’d probably retire as a boss if Hearts were to stun Celtic tomorrow.
He added: “If I did that I would honestly just pack it in!”
ANTHONY HAGGERTY