LVG, Jose and Ole knew what they were letting themselves in for. Just looked at what SAF had to deal with with the owners would have told them everything. Man Utd is currency and those that owning it as well as work for it know the individual benefits for being part of it. LVG was no longer relevant, Jose star was fading fast and Ole knew this was an opportunity he would have never got without his relationship and history with the club. None of them were naive to the task in hand. If Ole was sacked tmw, there will be a long list of managers that will be willing to take the risk in order to use the opportunity to be relevant on the football world stage again.
I totally get that, but that was a time when it was still widely thought it was just a matter of time before we got back. None of them were fully aware of just how badly run we are behind the scenes. Then LVG was totally disrespected, Mourinho had the plug pulled after achieving top 4, now Ole is having the same thing happen to him too.
Two consecutive managers achieving their targets, only to get nothing back in return, undermined and discarded shortly after.
How many more times does this have to happen before we're left only with desperate managers, whilst the top managers steer well clear? It's not like it hasn't already been happening anyway with Guardiola and Klopp turning us down, moving to our biggest rivals instead.
If Ole gets sacked tomorrow, you really believe Pochettino or Rose/Nagelsmann/Tuchel/whoever would ever give us a serious thought? What manager wants to be undermined at the first initial success? Get handed random players, far down their list if they're even lucky? Look at these signings and ask yourself if they seem like Ole's signings?
As an example, apparently Ole couldn't have a CB signing until Jones or Rojo were sold, which was impossible with the wages they were on and their contract length. So Ole was being punished for failures by the board giving those contracts out in the first place. It's an impossible task to be manager here.
If you're an ambitious manager seeing what goes on here, you would have to be crazy to come here. There might be a long list of desperate managers sure, but they're not going to be bringing us back to the top anytime soon.