Wick Academy chairman Pat Miller hopes to convince interim boss Gary Manson to take the job full-time.
Long-serving player Manson was installed in temporary charge after the resignation of Tom McKenna in February, but Miller is keen for him to stay on permanently.
Manson, who has represented the Caithness club for 20 years as a player, has only managed one game in charge, with the first two games after his appointment
being postponed and then the shutdown of football.
His only game has been a 4-1 defeat to champions Brora Rangers.
But Miller has been impressed enough by what Manson has brought to the football and states his lack of managerial experience is not an issue.
He said: “I have been very impressed with Gary. Starting from the team, not even on the coaching ranks, he’s done and said all the right things and shown he has the drive.
“Although he’s not got the experience of a manager, we’re not a club that’s hard on managers so hopefully he will accept the job.
“He’s in bits just now because he can’t see anybody or get anything organised. I recall taking him in when I was manager, when he was in our under-18s team.
“It’s great to see him do 20 years and to maintain his fitness over that period of time. It’s testament to the guy himself.
“I’m very hopeful but we’re stuck in limbo just now. Although we chat on the phone, it’s not the same as getting him down (to the club) for a chat.”
Miller himself is coming up to a year at the helm this summer and like many chairmen across the land, has had to plan how to navigate his club through these uncharted waters.
The Scorries have a contingency fund in place that should soften the blow of lost income.
However, missing out on their remaining home games – the Highland League declared the season finished last month – is a downside.
Miller added: “We’re lucky enough the club has been run in the black for some years, so we have a contingency fund.
“But the season worked out worse for us as we’d played all our away games.We paid for all our buses, so that saves us £70,000 but we haven’t had the return from our home games.
“We’ve missed out on six of them. You could be looking at £10,000 from that. We’re going to make a loss for a year and the way things are going, with the way everyone’s businesses are going, going cap in hand at the start of next season might be hard. The main thing is getting through this and worry about the finance side when we get through it.”
