Yup. It was definitely Lambert, no idea why I thought Coyle had said the same.
I'm not as sure this'll be a good move for County as other Saints fans, I feel shite saying it as he completely turned the club around, but he wasn't close to McInnes' level. McInnes took us up, and then managed to get us through a tough second season by transforming the same squad of players into a strong defensive team, if Coyle had been in that situation I doubt we'd have survived the second season and grown from it.
A lot of Saints fans have a romanticised view of him due to what came before.
As I say though, I hope he does well, he was always likeable. I got to spend a few days working at McDiarmid when he was there, and it seemed like a good atmosphere (although trying to clear the astro of snow, being pelted by snowballs by the players then getting a telling off from Coyle for distracting players and not clearing the pitch quick enough definitely dont still hurt, he did later give me a signed photo of the squad with the entire teams signature though)