So are convoluting 2 things here, no one ever compared Maldini the player to Fletcher the player, I dont even know why you are brining that up because that was not the topic and I did not mention that.
Right, so Fergie's ex players went into management and were bad = every player that played under Fergie is a bad manager?
The hypocrisy is mad because, I seen people call for VDS as CEO / director and he played under Fergie...
Oh wow Rangnick said he doesn't know what he does, its because Rangnick didn't know what he was doing in the first place, he said United are 6 years behind City and Pool too, do you think that because Rangnick said something its true?
So what if he got promoted twice? Can you explain why you think Fletcher is bad because he interviewed ETH and with Murtough thought he is the right man for the job, after interviewing Poch as well.
IF you call Fletcher Fergie's pet, there were loads of reports saying Fergie favours Poch, all ex players favoured Poch, yet Fletcher and Murtough decided no its Ten Hag.
I wanted to dispel the idea of Fletcher = Maldini which is far from the truth. Maldini's career is unique. He was literally born at AC Milan since his father (who was WC btw but nowhere near to Paolo), then an assistant manager and then a manager there. Fletcher on the other hand had a more conventional career. He came at age 15 at the club with no official links prior to him coming. Maldini was a child prodigy and a world class player who would essentially stay (and win) loads of trophies for decades. Fletcher was basically the precursor of McT. Maldini's career was constantly scrutinised which in turn lead to him leaving San Siro booed by his own fans. Fletcher on the other hand was so ridiculously overrated by the fans that his best career moment was the CL final he actually missed (which supposedly would have made us win the CL against prime Pep's Barca on his own). Maldini lived in exile from Milan for a long time up until Elliott group brought him back. Fletcher got 3 jobs in less then a year which left Rangnick puzzled about what he does exactly at United. The closest I can think of Maldini is Jordi Cruyff at Barca. There again, Jordi was not a WC player, he didn't spent most of his career at Barca and he doesn't have a son playing with Barca either.
Secondly United had never produced 1 person from the inside capable of win any significant trophies as manager which is in contrast with Milan whose got a history of doing just that. I believe that the reason for that is complex to answer
a- Italy has one of the finest coaching courses in the world and is far better then the one offered in England. Which explains why the Italians produce the likes of Ancelotti and Conte while the English hasn't produced a half decent manager for decades.
b- United's club's structure and mentality. United relies solely on the manager. In fact 99% of all our league titles came under 2 managers. That means that the only way Manchester United seem to thrive is to have an absolute visionary at the helm who basically dictate everything. Once that person retires then we're in shit. The situation is pretty much the same as we speak. Last summer we essentially pursued the players ETH wanted, no questions asked. These geniuses couldn't even get him his first team choice either (De Jong, Timber etc) and messed up big time by paying silly money for Anthony. On the other hand responsibilities at clubs like AC Milan and Juve are more evenly distributed That has 3 advantages. First of all they don't rely on a genius as manager to succeed, Secondly if the manager leaves then the whole structure won't collapse. Finally players are brought up believing that football is more then just nodding and clapping at Sir no questions asked. There are many moving parts that are in motion to make a club successful and if they are willing to learn then they could be part of that structure. Finally what United miss is big time is that element of ruthlessness to make the whole thing work. For example Seedorf (who is a legend at Milan) got sacked after just 4 months. We on the other hand kept Phil Jones for 13 years and Ole was able to hold to his job for 4 years despite spending shitloads of money only to win nothing. The disadvantage of the Milan/Juve model is that once there's a football shift its very difficult to bring new ideas in as everyone is tied to that same old mentality.
Regarding Rangnick, he was brought in out of semi retirement mid way during the season when morale was at the pits. He wasn't allowed to bring in most of the people he wanted and wasn't given any money to spent. Finally his tactics were polar opposite to the one this team was built upon which meant that its style played exactly against our weakness. Don't take me wrong I wanted the guy and I still think that he would be a superb DOF for us (which is his role btw). However even then I knew that we were heading through a very tough ride and that the guy would only be beneficial to us if he's allowed to do what he does best (ie DOF) and is given the resources and the time he needed.
Finally needless to say but the same people who brought ETH also brought Rangnick and kept Ole way past his expiry date