Last Updated: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:02
Former England prop Jeff Probyn believes it would be the wrong decision to hand Martin Johnson a position within the England set-up.
Johnson's name has been mentioned for the role of team manager to work alongside current coach Brian Ashton - if Ashton keeps his job after a meeting with England supremo Rob Andrew on Wednesday.
The two will meet to discuss the Six nations campaign and the way forward for the England side, with mixed opinions as to whether the veteran tactician is the right man to coach the national side.
Probyn was a big fan of Johnson the player but cannot see a role for him within the structure of the current England management set-up.
"Rob (Andrew) needs his head examined if he recommends bringing Martin Johnson in," he said. "He's a character and was a good captain, but a good captain of a side that had five or six captains in it.
"He has no experience of management or administration, even at club level. It would be the same as putting Lawrence Dallaglio or Will Carling in that position.
"They'd have strong ideas about the players that should be picked or the way the game should be played.
"If you believe that Brian Ashton isn't making the right decisions then you need to put someone in there who does make the right decisions.
"Brian has stated he wants a manager, but not a manager as an equal on the rugby front. There is no compromise there.
"Brian wants an administrator, but Martin would want a say in the rugby. If you did put a manager like that in there you'd expect Brian to resign."