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Falkirk manager John McGlynn "would be a brilliant appointment" for Hearts, but they are likely "go a little more left field", former Tynecastle midfielder Andy Halliday has predicted.
McGlynn started his coaching career with Hearts - and had a short spell as manager - but last season led the Bairns to a sixth-place finish in their first season back in the Scottish Premiership.
"John McGlynn should stand a chance, that's for sure," Halliday told BBC Scotland's Sportsound when asked to assess his chances of succeeding Derek McInnes, who has joined Rangers.
"Jamestown will look at the analytics and, if John McGlynn doesn't show up well in their analytics, I don't know who will - back-to-back promotions and one of them an invincible season then finishing in the top six.
"I do feel, though, they will go a little more left field."
Halliday, though, thinks Rangers' appointment of McInnes and the return of Martin O'Neill to Celtic shows that clubs should not "turn their noses up" at the quality of coaches closer to home.
He believes Hearts can overcome the loss of McInnes and captain Lawrence Shankland to Rangers.
"If you told a Hearts fan how the last three weeks were going to pan out, there would be a lot of worry, but this is Jamestown Analystics' strengths," Halliday suggested.
"This is what they've done at Brighton when losing their top players and replacing them with players on a smaller fee and selling high and they've done that obviously with Union Saint-Gilloise and winning the Belgian title.
"If this was any other season, there would be a lot of panic, and rightly so, but I think, with Tony Bloom's investment, there is certainly less case for worry.
"I completely get the rhetoric that they're going to improve, but I don't think they'll ever get the chance again to win the league with three minutes to go.
"I don't see that happening in the next five, six, seven years in this 10-year plan that they are in.
"I think it's almost impossible for Celtic to be as bad as they were last season and I think Rangers are going to improve under Derek McInnes."
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McGlynn started his coaching career with Hearts - and had a short spell as manager - but last season led the Bairns to a sixth-place finish in their first season back in the Scottish Premiership.
"John McGlynn should stand a chance, that's for sure," Halliday told BBC Scotland's Sportsound when asked to assess his chances of succeeding Derek McInnes, who has joined Rangers.
"Jamestown will look at the analytics and, if John McGlynn doesn't show up well in their analytics, I don't know who will - back-to-back promotions and one of them an invincible season then finishing in the top six.
"I do feel, though, they will go a little more left field."
Halliday, though, thinks Rangers' appointment of McInnes and the return of Martin O'Neill to Celtic shows that clubs should not "turn their noses up" at the quality of coaches closer to home.
He believes Hearts can overcome the loss of McInnes and captain Lawrence Shankland to Rangers.
"If you told a Hearts fan how the last three weeks were going to pan out, there would be a lot of worry, but this is Jamestown Analystics' strengths," Halliday suggested.
"This is what they've done at Brighton when losing their top players and replacing them with players on a smaller fee and selling high and they've done that obviously with Union Saint-Gilloise and winning the Belgian title.
"If this was any other season, there would be a lot of panic, and rightly so, but I think, with Tony Bloom's investment, there is certainly less case for worry.
"I completely get the rhetoric that they're going to improve, but I don't think they'll ever get the chance again to win the league with three minutes to go.
"I don't see that happening in the next five, six, seven years in this 10-year plan that they are in.
"I think it's almost impossible for Celtic to be as bad as they were last season and I think Rangers are going to improve under Derek McInnes."
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