Post by Hobhead on Jul 23, 2020 8:08:08 GMT
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So it seems longer term thinking, improving recruitment, training ground etc might now be the way forward. Looks like accepting the status quo and refusing to recognise that many of our problems are self-inflicted might be going out of fashion. If change eventually is effected, let’s hope Jason is credited with, ‘leading the charge’.
One thing that keeps cropping up though (not just in this article) is the notion that we should stick with a manager:
The problem with this thinking is that it works on the assumption that the manager in question is capable of undertaking that rebuild. For us, as usual, this would come about through little more than blind luck.
The same problems that plague our player recruitment, are present in manager recruitment. We don’t research managers, find the most suitable candidate, approach them with our proposition and sell it as mutually beneficial. We either give Stuart a ring or, if it’s Stuart that’s just been sacked, sit and wait for the CV’s to roll in, let Julian pull out a few names he recognises and invite them for interviews. Not the least of the flaws in this approach is that, when it comes to football outside the City boardroom, Julian is little more than a disinterested observer. He was effectively the first stoner chairman.
One of the first things Huw Jenkins did when he took over Swansea was to compile a list of suitable managers who fit the ethos he wanted to instil in the club. Ones who were up and coming and played the way he wanted Swansea to play. The list was monitored, maintained and reordered no matter how successful his current incumbent was at the time. He knew that things change quickly in football and he was one approach or one wish to ‘spend more time with my family’ away from being without a manager.
This isn’t the stuff of moneyed Premier League dreams, it’s inexpensive (arguably free) and just takes a bit of nous, knowledge and a level of interest that neither our CEO or chairman possess.
Before we stick with a manager, how do we know that he’s capable enough to deserve the faith in him that allowing him three years or so to build a squad retires? How do we know that we’re not waiting for something that’s not going to come? All we really have is Julian’s ability to use his footballing nous (don’t laugh) to find the right manager for the job. It’s demonstrably an almost forlorn hope given that he’s managed it once in all the years he’s been here.
Sticking with a manager purely for the sake of continuity is idiotic even without or lack of leadership ability in this area. We have to improve our chances of getting the right man in the first place. Making sure we got the right man for the job would be part of a hypothetical root and branch overhaul that our current leaders have neither the ability nor the inclination to undertake. Our problems run so much deeper than manager turnover - the high turnover of managers is a symptom not the disease.
The likelihood of Stuart and Rhodes combining to give us the success thus club desperately needs is negligible. This is borne out by the fact that t’s the third time of asking, so at least when this fails we can surely put it to bed once and for all and start looking to move on. When Julian fucks up the next appointment and season ticket sales are under threat though, what price a fourth return? There’d be some among our fans who would think next time’s the charm even if it were the tenth time around (and it does save Rhodes doing any work). How many times can we ride this train to failure before Stuart’s legend starts to lose its lustre? Rhodes lack of ability is going to eventually start affecting Stuart’s legacy and that would be a crying shame.
Everything flows from the top and right now all we’ve got in our headwaters is fecklessness. When shit needs doing our ‘leaders’ are nowhere to be seen and don’t have any interest, or the capabilities or volition required, in injecting the dynamism this slowly dying club needs. We’re led by donkeys, followed by zombies and represented by spent, maimed, defective and poorly researched.
tl;dr? Rhodes out, Rupp out.
So it seems longer term thinking, improving recruitment, training ground etc might now be the way forward. Looks like accepting the status quo and refusing to recognise that many of our problems are self-inflicted might be going out of fashion. If change eventually is effected, let’s hope Jason is credited with, ‘leading the charge’.
One thing that keeps cropping up though (not just in this article) is the notion that we should stick with a manager:
Like with Parkinson, at some stage we’re going to have to stick with a manager through a downturn, to allow them to properly rebuild. And with the limitations of the salary cap taking effect over the coming years, City are in less of a position to keep bringing in managers who don’t like the look of the squad they inherit. Or the cycle will keep repeating.
The problem with this thinking is that it works on the assumption that the manager in question is capable of undertaking that rebuild. For us, as usual, this would come about through little more than blind luck.
The same problems that plague our player recruitment, are present in manager recruitment. We don’t research managers, find the most suitable candidate, approach them with our proposition and sell it as mutually beneficial. We either give Stuart a ring or, if it’s Stuart that’s just been sacked, sit and wait for the CV’s to roll in, let Julian pull out a few names he recognises and invite them for interviews. Not the least of the flaws in this approach is that, when it comes to football outside the City boardroom, Julian is little more than a disinterested observer. He was effectively the first stoner chairman.
One of the first things Huw Jenkins did when he took over Swansea was to compile a list of suitable managers who fit the ethos he wanted to instil in the club. Ones who were up and coming and played the way he wanted Swansea to play. The list was monitored, maintained and reordered no matter how successful his current incumbent was at the time. He knew that things change quickly in football and he was one approach or one wish to ‘spend more time with my family’ away from being without a manager.
This isn’t the stuff of moneyed Premier League dreams, it’s inexpensive (arguably free) and just takes a bit of nous, knowledge and a level of interest that neither our CEO or chairman possess.
Before we stick with a manager, how do we know that he’s capable enough to deserve the faith in him that allowing him three years or so to build a squad retires? How do we know that we’re not waiting for something that’s not going to come? All we really have is Julian’s ability to use his footballing nous (don’t laugh) to find the right manager for the job. It’s demonstrably an almost forlorn hope given that he’s managed it once in all the years he’s been here.
Sticking with a manager purely for the sake of continuity is idiotic even without or lack of leadership ability in this area. We have to improve our chances of getting the right man in the first place. Making sure we got the right man for the job would be part of a hypothetical root and branch overhaul that our current leaders have neither the ability nor the inclination to undertake. Our problems run so much deeper than manager turnover - the high turnover of managers is a symptom not the disease.
The likelihood of Stuart and Rhodes combining to give us the success thus club desperately needs is negligible. This is borne out by the fact that t’s the third time of asking, so at least when this fails we can surely put it to bed once and for all and start looking to move on. When Julian fucks up the next appointment and season ticket sales are under threat though, what price a fourth return? There’d be some among our fans who would think next time’s the charm even if it were the tenth time around (and it does save Rhodes doing any work). How many times can we ride this train to failure before Stuart’s legend starts to lose its lustre? Rhodes lack of ability is going to eventually start affecting Stuart’s legacy and that would be a crying shame.
Everything flows from the top and right now all we’ve got in our headwaters is fecklessness. When shit needs doing our ‘leaders’ are nowhere to be seen and don’t have any interest, or the capabilities or volition required, in injecting the dynamism this slowly dying club needs. We’re led by donkeys, followed by zombies and represented by spent, maimed, defective and poorly researched.
tl;dr? Rhodes out, Rupp out.