Paul Hurst: I can progress as Shrewsbury Town boss
Ambitious Shrewsbury Town chief Paul Hurst is confident he can progress as a manager during his Greenhous Meadow spell.
The 42-year-old Yorkshireman has earned his stripes as a boss, moving through the non-league circuit to League Two with Grimsby Town before switching to Salop.
Despite the Mariners riding high in the fourth tier and Shrewsbury sitting bottom of League One, Hurst stated that personal ambition was a big factor in joining the club as Micky Mellon's successor.
The ex-Rotherham United stalwart – who featured almost 500 times for the Millers – believes that things are in place for him to thrive as Town boss.
He said: "I want to take this opportunity to try and make myself a better manager – and things are in place here to help me become a better manager.
"There are different things to manage at this football club, but when all is said and done it is about results and what happens out there on Saturday at 3pm.
"The lads can be proud of the Southend draw. I get it from other performances I've watched that maybe when the equaliser goes in, that'd have been a signal to perhaps concede a second and third.
"People will say 'he's had an influence' but it's too early. We spoke about having a lift from a new manager in place but it's going to take time, a long time.
"People talk about trying to implement ideas in pre-season and they get six weeks or so to do that and at the start of the season you're still trying to implement ideas – it will take time."
Hurst has a reputation of training players hard and believes that work-rate is a given. He says that the first few training sessions with his new squad acted as a learning curve.
"I've watched them (the players) in training and have certain ideas about certain things," he added.
"But what happens in the games are what counts.
"Some players, no matter how much you get on at them, perform better on match days and some are the opposite."
