Looking through all the supposed contenders, I would think Morgan must be firming as a favourite...
Bellamy - under contract, seems very content with the Melbourne Scum.
Sheens - likely to get the punt, but apparently now gun shy of coming to Auckland.
Flanagan - under contract, Sharks have a bit of dough now so unlikely to let their first successful coach in years go
Iro - would have a series of doubters after being involved in this years nonsense
Ackland - seems a bit... out there. I think the club would prefer he stays involved developing the 20s.
Kearney - have to be very reluctant after whats happened at Parra.
Morgan - has come to Auckland before, has ESL experience, apparently done a good job with Canberra, Canberra would as I understand it begrudgingly let him go for a head coaches role
I fail to see any other serious contenders. Smith... surely they're very hesitant on him. Brown... Potter et al, I would see skepticism over recruiting purely from the ESL knowing what happened with Duncey McClennan. Daniel Anderson, unusual for a club to go back to the well twice. Matt Elliott, surely the club would steer clear of this bloke. The only others who I have barely heard in dispatches are Rick Stone and Jason Taylor, but I don't see any credibility in the brief mentions of those blokes. Jim Dymock would be a good get, but he seems very ensconsed in being in Sydney.
To me, Morgan appears to be the favourite for the position. It seems their preferred option is Bellamy which is the right one, but it'd be one hell of a hail mary play to get him here I suspect.