This is a very good and accurate post.
SAF was able to thrive in his own echo chamber, but the rest of the industry evolved into a different operating model. Because he was so successful, there was no need to challenge his methods, and none had the authority at the club to do so, even if they wanted.
The problem comes when he left. I remember reading a very revealing quote after he left: new staff were stymy to work out how the football side of the club ran itself but when they look behind the SAF curtain 'There was literally nothing there' in terms of systems and processes. ie: It was all in SAFs head, he was the embodiment of the clubs ways of working, and beyond him, none of not had been institutionalised.
This has been catastrophic, as Woodward has hired managers with conflicting philosophies, to SAF and each other. When they arrived, they were allowed to disregard the myth of SAF, and impose some of their own ideas. Prior to OGS, we were left with a hotchpotch squad operating within a spaghetti mess of culture. Ive read recently that several senior players are very disillusioned by this, and thats perfectly understandable. It's good to hear OGS and Woodward talk alot about instilling culture.