https://www.stenhousemuirfc.com/2026/06/09/new-management-team-confirmed-at-ochilview/

The club's statement was very carefully worded, they have decided to go down the General Manager/First Team Coach route which seems sensible as players contracts are much more complicated these days. The emphasis on developing young players is a strategy with risks - the Bottom6 is relatively high level for young players to be introduced successfully IMO. You can't ignore cost was a factor in choosing McLeish but it's more hopeful to think of him as the continuity candidate, i.e. someone who knows more about the club than an outside appointment, risky - sure  but is there any other kind?.  Three years might seem generous but I presume there are release clauses within the deal.  The only things left to say are good luck Craig and COYS!      

He got a chance and did NOTHING to suggest he should even have been considered never mind get the job and a THREE year deal. The SMiSA/KIbble bubble was always going to burst but no one could have predicted as spectacularly as this. You should read the club statement naming him as new manager. Asks more quesstions than it answers and looks like it was produced by AI. We all know how this is turning out.