Kennedy in tribute to Whits’ work
NEW Macclesfield Town head coach Mark Kennedy has heaped praise on Danny Whitaker for his recent efforts as caretaker boss of the club.
Whitaker was put in temporary charge following Daryl McMahon’s resignation, but with Kennedy now taking the reins, the new head coach was quick to praise Whitaker and is excited to have him as part of his staff.
“Danny Whitaker has done an absolutely magnificent job when he has come in previously and recently. I know Danny really well from my long conversations with Tobias and what kind of group it is, but that’s pretty clear to see on the pitch,” he told the club’s official website.
“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that you have got a group of lads that are together and stick together and will fight for each other. But the environment from a football perspective and what you see is absolutely fantastic and I think the players and staff deserve a lot of credit for that.
“He is a great guy and incredibly loyal. He has done an outstanding job and I apologised to him for the circumstances because I am sure one day Whits will manage the club and he will be a huge success.
“So, I apologised that I was coming in under those circumstances, but equally I said that I am just as excited to be continuing the journey on with him because he is a valuable member of the team.
“He is a Macclesfield legend and he will be a huge plus to the group and his role hasn’t changed in any way, shape or form – he will continue to be first team coach and I’m sure he will play a huge part in what we’re looking to do here.”
“I’ve brought Danny Butterfield in too, and he is a great guy. I worked with Danny back at Palace around 2006-08, but if you look at his career he is a very knowledgeable guy, great detail in his coaching, Paul Tisdale who has been an outstanding manager, identified Danny as a player and brought him onto the coaching staff
“His knowledge of the league is very good, he has played in it, coached in it, and has been very successful; that will be absolutely priceless but ultimately he is a good coach and a strong character who won’t be afraid to challenge if he has an opinion and he will do it in the right way.
“He has played almost 600 games all through the leagues and I get a bit frustrated when people say you don’t have enough experience because Danny and I have over 1000 games and 40 years’ experience in the game which you can’t buy, not that it necessarily makes you a good coach.
“He is a good progressive young coach and if it wasn’t here it would have been somewhere else, so I am really pleased that he happened to be available and I am chuffed to bits for him.”