[Tom_Wba]

"Mr Peace also knows the market for alternatives is hardly stimulating. He will not dismantle the continental-style model of a head coach working to a technical director, rather than the traditional system of a manager working to a chairman - and many possible candidates like Tony Pulis won't agree to the West Brom structure"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30623102

Pulis worked with a director of football at Stoke (John Rudge) so i wouldn't write him off just yet but he'd still want assurances off Peace regarding transfers etc. and that will probably be where the stumbling block is