well come the end of the season, or whenever it comes, one, or both, have to go. personally, i'm not even sure as to who it will be. Im starting to lean towards Mitchell being given the nod over denis. Not a personal preference but everything that has happened would indicate that this is what will happen.
Think about it, there is disharmony after Mitchell was ASKED to present his case for the top job. Once that was deemed unsuccessful by the powers that be, Denis took offence and is refusing to communicate with mitch, or so we are led to believe.
One would think that if the head coach of the senior side is unhappy enough with one of his colleagues then this would either be sorted out on the spot or one would leave.
It would be a fraction of the cost to pay out barry mitchells contract compared to that of Denis Pagan, so the obvious choice to the board would be to tell Barry that due to disharmony in the ranks and due to the fact that we need the senior and reserve coaches to have an amicable and open communicative relationship and that barry is lower in the pecking order, then his time has come to leave.
This hasn't happened, which suggests to me that the blues are hanging on to Mitch, keeping him close so another club doesnt snap him up, and then at the end of the year, when things have passed and it is a little cheaper to give Denis the flick, then mitch is ready to step into the position.
Moving him out to preston may be more for mitch than for Denis. Keep him away, dont let him get annoyed about the way the team is run, let him do his own thing out there without outside influence to hone his leading skills a little more before the end of the year and the so called "head" job.
just my thoughts on the matter.
probably way off the mark.