I don't get why so many are reluctant to consider that the managers we hire may have been simply not good enough, beyond their peak years or, in Jose's case, a bit toxic and self sabotage.
All this talk about them all failing because of the structure etc. Well none of our previous managers have gone on to coach at a top club since. That's quite telling, no? Clearly no other DoF, CEO or anybody in football believes they failed only due to the structure here. The only grey area for me is Jose, but he comes with his own unique issues, even though he's a top level manager. But then, he did actually do reasonably well whilst he was happy.
Moyes - I was happy to give him a chance. Thought he'd done well at Everton and would do well with better players he'd have here, with a bit of backing in the market. Most said he was not up to the job and were right in the end.
LVG - I didn't want him. I didn't like his arrogant, disciplinarian attitude or his football. I read what past players said and didn't think it would go well here where we encouraged individuality from certain players. He was too rigid and strict. That's how it turned out in the end, it was boring to watch.
Jose - We all know the issues. I think he was right when he said finishing 2nd with 80 odd points was a big achievement. In hindsight his achievements were very good. But he obviously decided to burn it all to the ground when he'd mentally checked out.
Ole - not good enough, never proven to be good enough and didn't deserve the job. Was only given it based on feel good vibes and pressure from a clueless fans that thought he was better than he was.
ETH - He was built up as a manager to hang with Pep and Klopp. Based on what? Winning Eredivisie and one half decent CL run? In hindsight I hope everyone can recognise how meaningless that actuality is at this level. He worth a shot, but we had to be prepared for him not being able to dominate at this level, which is far, far ahead of Eredivisie. Another thing that doesn't get mentioned is that Ajax actually didn't do that well in Europe under him other than that one season. They got to the EL Final the year before he arrived and he never managed to do that himself.
Our recruitment of managers has just simply been poor and ill thought out. The structure isn't perfect but the financial backing has been incredible. These guys have been given carte blanche to bring in their guys, being in their own recruitment teams etc and still failed massively. A DoF doesn't necessarily help these guys but allows the club a continuous vision and succession plan beyond these managers.
