The problem isn't necessarily letting the manager pick the guy he wants. The problem was doing so without any plan. United went from Moyes, to LVG, to Mourinho. What worked for LVG wouldn't necessarily work for what Mourinho wants. On the other hand, if Ten Hag followed LVG, would Ten Hag not want to play Blind? Or would he also fit Ten Hag's system?
And what tells you right now we have a "plan"? Because if we had a guy like Rangnick or Mitchell overseeing the recruitment/DOF side, they would have made sure that there is continuity regardless of managers.
Do I trust Murtough to do the same role better than them? No. Do I trust Murtough to have a long term plan on what we will do squad building wise with ETH, and also post ETH? No I dont. Because he doesnt have the CV like they do. Also there is a huge probability that he is a glazer stooge.
I'm thinking we will probably give ETH disproportionate power, like we did with Ole(AWB, Maguire etc), and then veto transfers in future windows when stakes get higher. And then get in a completely different kinda manager post him, like we have always done.I dont see this ending well.
We needed a proper DOF/recruitment head to help ETH. Like he had Overmars at Ajax.