We've always hired a manager who was available or could be got without too much trouble. That hasn't changed.
Moyes - the chosen one. He had to resign from Everton to join us. He was so bad, we fired him 10 months later.
LVG - He joined with a big reputation having managed big clubs and also a national team.
Jose - serial winner. Our last trophies were won under him.
Ole - He joined with a very poor reputation as a manager and he had to resign from his current job to join us. He was an unmitigated disaster and has left us in a seriously bad place.
ETH - has had to join us by resigning from his current position (just as Ole and Moyes did, before). He has no reputation for managing a big club or dealing with big players.
Reading that, I would say that ETH does not feel different and we got a manager who could be had without too much trouble (which is usually the case with all clubs).
The worrying thing is that fans are putting huge expectations on ETH - a man who has never managed at this level before and a squad which is in disarray. Some of the posts I've read on this forum are downright delusional. Some are expecting him to improve every single player in our squad and turn us into a well drilled machine within 2 years. In this thread I have read posts suggesting that we are 2 players away from being a great team. Realistically, I expect him to drag us up the table into top 4 in year 2 or 3, then get fired the following year.
I know that it's been bad this season, but guys, just be realistic and manage your expectations with ETH. Unless he is a Moyes style disaster, go easy on him and be realistic with what you expect of him.
I'm sorry but if you think Ten Hag is in any way similar to all our appointments you're bang out of order.
Moyes and Ole were never good enough to manage a club of this level. LVG and Jose had good CVs but on the downward slope.
While Ten Hag isn't an elite manager(yet) he's the first manager we've hired since Fergie who's stock is growing with a good balance of being proven to play a modern style of football, a solid record in Europe something Ole/Moyes didn't have, proven capability of rebuilding a team, proven ability to instill a philosophy and a serial winner at Ajax(yes it's the Dutch League but Ajax were in a trophy wilderness for 5years). He also had other offers besides Utd and a list of demands to be met which The Glazers rarely if ever agree to. It may seem like it was easy at face value because of his clause reported in the media but behind the scenes good chance things were very different to what we see so you're again out of order to suggest he was the "easy" choice as if Pochettino the PL proven guy wasn't going to be sacked end of the season or as if Conte wasn't available for free when we sacked Ole.
The players at Ajax may not have the "superstar" status as those in bigger leagues but they're massive names in Netherlands and the 18/19 team had big names and young players with top potential including the Golden Ball Winner(De Ligt) that thrived under him so this notion he can't handle big players is heavily biased and cynical. The only "big players" at Utd are Varane, Ronaldo and De Gea to some extent, first two are consumate professionals with De Gea being the only trick he has to work round since his reputation is inflated. Literally nobody else at Utd is a star or big name.
Nobody is expecting Ten Hag to deliver success from the word go far from that. The expectation is he'll be our own version of Klopp that builds us over time rather than in an instant. He still needs to prove himself on a bigger stage but the work he's done at Ultrecht(I suggest you find time and read about his time there) and Ajax have been promising and unique enough to show he has the nous to adapt to a step up. He won't be the first manager needing to prove himself with a bigger step.
Also will you please just wait and see how he does before rendering him a failure in 2/3 years time? Maybe he gets sacked but it's extremely disrespectful and distasteful to suggest he'll be a failure before he's even in the job. He's overperformed everywhere he's been it's wildly premature to suggest he'll underperform here