Yet you want to just repeat it by just sacking him? Why not actually let the new structure give a coach what they deem the requisite players to execute the collective vision. If he can't do it next year, his contract is up - what's the problem? If we sack him, we then have to:
a) find someone available and potentially pay for them
b) find someone who fits the style we want to implement
c) sign players to implement style
d) give them time to get the team into the style required.
We have to do c) regardless. Why not break the cycle of giving the manager free reign on transfers and give him one final season with a proper functioning football operation behind him? If he can't do it then, he obviously isn't the manager for us. You have to hope in the summer this lot will not sign players a la Casemiro, Varane and overpay for Antony, so the players they sign will not be deadwood for a new manager.
So, he couldn't do it with his hand-picked players but will be able to do it with the players that the new structure going to pick for him?
Will he be the only one who'll get a chance in his new structure or will we need to do justice to our other managers too?
How will the cycle go: ETH - Ole - VG - Jose - Moyes or will we start from Moyes after ETH and go Moyes - Jose - VG - Ole?
I don't think you read my full post or may be I wasn't able to explain my point clearly. The cycle we need to break is hiring these duds and giving them a carte blanche to recruit the players they want to implement their "vision". I don't think the structure failed Ole because it didn't get him the correct players, I think the structure failed in giving Ole the full time job. If you get my point.
No structure is perfect, if there was a perfect structure then managers won't ever be fired but only retire. My expectations from the structure is a little different from everyone else'. I want it to decide on a
vision for this club, not every incoming manager. What we have done in the last XI years is to let every new manager come in with their "vision" and then recruit players they wanted to implement that vision. Which has led us to a medley of players who are part of different visions of different managers. I'll give you an example, Licha is an excellent footballer, probably the best player ETH has bought in the last two years. He has an excellent vision and reading of the game. He is a warrior. His passing is wonderful and he is a good defender. However, due to lack of height and physicality, I bet you that eight out of ten managers won't use him in central defense. The same way Smalling and Blind, which was a very good partnership, was broken when Jose came in for VG.
Once the structure decides a vision for the club, then it needs to recruit managers and players to execute that vision. Getting every manager a whole new sixteen is not a sustainable way to run a football club. The structure should be built in such a way that continuity can be maintained even in case a manager doesn't work out and needs to be replaced.
Coming back to Ten Hag, I see no point in giving him another season as I don't think it is going to change anything. His problem hasn't been our lack of recruitment due to our current structure as he has got majority of the players he wanted in the last 2 years. The issue has been he has too many flaws to be a manager at this club
- He is not able to identify players he needs for a physical league like this one.
- He does not believe in rotation. He ran the players into the ground last season.
- He has no style of play and makes it up as he goes. Even with injuries we should have seen improvements in our pressing, passing, set-pieces, set-piece defending etc.
- Last season the excuse was that he wasn't getting time on the training field with games coming thick and fast. Now we play one game a week most weeks and we see the same chaotic style of play.
- He doesn't seem to have the charisma to lead such a big club.
When I look at him and his body of work here, it doesn't scream a man who is going to make us challenge for big trophies again. Does it to you? If no, then what is the point of giving him another season?