Yeah, this is a difficult job in that respect, and made more difficult by having incompetent people at decision-making level throughout the hierarchy.
With regards to that home game against Leipzig, no manager would have enjoyed that, let alone when they've just gone out and spent a normal's person salary on a shiny new suit
He does seem like a strong character though, and you'd have to be when you start coaching at that level in your late 20s.
I somehow knew you'd hold that Molde thing against me. Even though I don't find it that important to the overall discussion, as you imply here, my reasoning is that it's a semi-professional league that is completely irrelevant.
There is a slight difference in Ole's approach to bigger games this season insofar that he's been under pressure one or two times when he decided to play out a stalemate (Chelsea at home, Arsenal at home, City away). Don't blame him for how he set up against City, as they are the better side, quite clearly. Nor do I really blame him for how he set up against Chelsea because of the built of pressure (may have been soon after that very undignified and needless exit from the CL we worked so hard to qualify for last season). All I am saying here is that he hasn't developed a style of play where he goes toe-to-toe, never mind dominates games, against the bigger teams. He's tended to play on the counter or with an extremely slow and impotent attacking game (in spells).
I'm not here arguing for him to be sacked, I see it as a given that he'll get next season even if we end up with no silverware and outside the top 4. What I am saying is that I am still waiting to see if he can transition from being a counter attacking / reactive manager and coaching this side to play attacking football befitting a club that wants to go places. So far, he hasn't. And I don't feel super inspired by his gang of inexperienced coaches in that department either. We can't even sort out set piece defending to an acceptable level. He's learning on the job, but it's two steps forward, one step backwards and quite hard to gauge whether he will actually improve that much. He talks a good game though, apart from the contradictions.
With Nagelsmann, I'd be surprised if there isn't interest in him this summer, but if not, I would hope we're in for him next year if Ole has exhausted the excuses and mitigating circumstances.