Abhinav
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Well then maybe thats why half the people that would have given that advice would never become elite level managers. I am sure Sir Alex advised him to keep the staff and thats the only advice he should have listened to.Not buying that, i'd be staggered if at least half the people he asked(and i'm sure he asked many people he trusted in football, and close friends) what they would do in the same situation re. SAF's staff would have said he had to bring in his own staff because the last thing he needed after the first defeat/sequence of bad results was Mickey Phelan in his ear saying SAF would have done this, SAF would have done that, or Rene holding a seminar with flip-charts aplenty going into graphic detail why RvP wasn't as effective as the previous year because he was playing 2 inches to far to the right.
If David Moyes thought it was the right thing to do it was the right thing for him to do.
And if the players didn't like it, tough, it was his Gig, and the option to leave was always there. Most of them were ready for the Travellers yard any way.
Its a decision thats coming out of insecurity rather than authority. The question to be answered is this - Did David Moyes bring in the new staff because they were more likely to get through to the players and succeed? Or did he bring in the new staff because he would be able to command them and not be challenged? If he is honest with himself the answer is the latter.
Not that he will ever come to that realisation himself - all his interviews post the sacking point to some misplaced arrogance that might be coming from a place of insecurity, knowing deep inside that he didn’t deserve to be the United manager. Nothing wrong with feeling inadequate or insecure, but it always helps if you are honest with your self as it helps one make better decisions.