Who will interview and select?

It would also be interesting for people on Devachat to nail their colours to the mast.

I can see it now... If we choose Barrow and he doesn't do well... "we should have gone for a younger manager with fresh ideas"; if we choose Bignot and he doesn't do well... "we should have gone for Barrow's experience" etc.

Be interesting to see people make the decision in the 'here and now' rather than with the benefit of hindsight.

I've heard the interviews aren't at the stadium, apparently.

Not sure if this is agreeing or disagreeing with the original post. It does recognise just how difficult it is to select an appropriate manager. The original point is about the difficulties in selecting a manager and neither the board or Maguire having the knowledge or expertise to make such a selection, in which case an expert consultant should be involved to help them through the process.
In reference to the recently departed manager all the statements went on about what a standout candidate he was. In other words, the interview panel accepted what McCarthy put over to them as evidence that he was going to be the best man for the job. He clearly wasn't, to the point he turned out to be the most damaging manager that could have been appointed. An expert consultant would help in asking the right questions and recognise the right answers. No one said selecting via interview was ever easy or an accurate reflection of a candidate's ability, but expert advice and support is a useful addition.

Actually a good idea because people are very quick to say "we shouldn't have done that" and so on when they said nothing about it at the time.

My first choice is still Bignot, but there are several other candidates I wouldn't be disappointed with (Barrow, Redfearn, Money). I suppose the idea with any job though is that if you someone makes it to the interview stage, you already believe they they meet the criteria and can do the job, so it's just a case of seeing who out of the interviewees comes across best, and what their salary and contract demands are. This is information the club have that we don't, so some allowance should be made for it.

Just not Ronnie Moore. I think he's the opposite of what we need.

You know what, Steve Watson might not be a bad shout at all. Part of a relative success at Macc on a similar budget and crowds to us. Applied last time and was shortlisted to the final four.

"Bignot made his National League managerial debut with the club on 6 August 2016, Solihull Moors beating last seasons National League South champions Sutton United 3–1 at their Gander Green Lane stadium in the opening game of the 2016–17 season.[47] Solihull Moors season started reasonably well with his team winning three of their first five games.[48][49] On 5 November 2015, in the FA Cup First Round, Bignots side came up against League Two opposition in the form of Yeovil Town away, they beat the odds and drew 2–2 having being two goals down to earn a replay.[50]

During his time at Solihull Moors, the setup consisted of just a first team and an under-18 team; within 5 years, his additional role as director of football enhanced the structure of the club, creating 30-odd youth and junior teams, reserves, an academy and a disability section, as well as three girls teams and a ladies team, forming a community interest club within the surrounding areas of Solihull."

In summary, McCarthy but Bignot has done a bloody better job in his time in the league!