I would agree that stability at the coaching level would be desirable, but there are things outside the club's control. Simon Ireland was presumably highly thought of by us (or we wouldn't have employed him), and others, and QPR in particular. If you have ambitious coaches (and surely you WANT...
Simon Rusk has coached Jimmy Muitt for over three years now, two at U-18 level and for the last few months in the development squad. Surely the best person to have a view on his potential to make it at Championship level (the minimum requirement for it to be worthwhile for Albion to keep him...
Getting back to Joe Ward......
Interesting article on him two years ago from the guy that coached him for two years at Chelmsford College's football academy, former West Ham, Celtic and Ipswich pro Stuart Slater - Stuart Slater urges Ipswich Town to sign up ‘exciting’ teenage trialist Joe Ward