Sorry I missed your post.
Anyway, to reply to what you are saying, I would refer you to the excellent post made by
@Lentwood. As he says Ole is the first manager post-SAF, where we can all agree that every decision he makes is intended for the long-term benefit of the club. We all want what's best for our club, and as any recruiter will tell you, it is not necessary that the most qualified or talented person is the best fit for the job. There may be more tactically astute coaches than Ole, but can we be sure they have the long-term benefit of the club at heart?
This is definitely a positive thing although I think it might be slightly rose coloured in it's view. Ole definitely loves United but he's not going to bite off his nose to spite his face, he wants to win things - he's not really making sacrifices when building this team (for example buying Maguire was an expensive decision for immediate impact with a mature player) but I agree he cares the most of all post SAF managers about the club. I do think there is a real misplacement of importance amongst United fans for longevity/stability above results which is knock on from having been spoiled with SAF's tenure - if Ole does well I don't think he'd ever leave and this is highly attractive to our fan base and clouds judgement.
Of course many on here will say that long-term benefit stems from short term success only but I disagree with it. Take Leicester as an example. They won the league in 2016, but as a club they weren't ready for that success. And what happened afterward? They floundered for a few seasons before getting it right with their recruitment and managerial appointment. Now if Leicester were to win the league next season, I'm sure the following seasons they will be able to maintain close to that level because as a club they are ready for it. Now, for a club of Leicester's stature, sure 1 league title is worth even a decade of floundering afterwards because they have never had that success before, but the profile of Man Utd is different.
Completely disagree, Leicester's title win has really changed them as a club. They made a weird choice in hiring Puel but in a short space of time now have a relatively young progressive manager (who is PL proven), an excellent scouting and recruiting team (I'd argue best in the PL) and they have forced their way into being a club that's a genuine force in the top four. Last season injuries derailed them, this season they look excellent again. Explain how this is not progress; Promotion, 14th, 1st, 12th, 9th, 9th, 5th, 3rd* in the space of ~6 years they have gone from being a Championship team to a CL contender, no other club comes close to that kind of progress.
Liverpool is another example. They came close to winning the league in 2014 before floundering horribly a couple of seasons because they too weren't ready for it. Under Klopp they slowly built towards becoming a solid unit and had 3 very good seasons, culminating in a league and CL. It was a gradual progression that made them ready for the success they achieved.
Agreed on this one. Klopp/Liverpool is the perfect case study for when you see a team being built over a few seasons.
Man City as well, after their takeover, didn't immediately buy the best players and hire the best manager even though they could afford it. They gradually bought Premier league proven players who could get them CL and then proceeded to buy stars like Aguero and Silva to take them to the next level, setting the stage for Pep to arrive and dominate the league. This groundwork wasn't laid by Pep, but by their sporting director or technical staff or whatever they call them. Pep was the icing on the cake.
Agree/Disagree here, they tried to hire the best managers and players but ended up with people like Hughes and making a huge deal about Robinho type signings because the best of the best weren't interested. I personally think they should have been more successful than they have been but agree on the influence of Bergstein et al. They had a slow build but for all the plaudits Pep gets there, I see Mancini being the one who really brought them into that elite bracket.
At Man Utd, after the mess the appointments of Moyes, LVG and Jose left, we needed someone to prepare the cake, to start from scratch. And that's why Ole is the man for the job, because he has the patience and profile and fan support to do that, something that Nagelsmann or Rose likely wouldn't have because they work under a totally different club structure in Germany. At Utd, we don't have a Sporting Director to lay the groundwork like City have, we rely on our managers to do it, so someone like Ole who is familiar with this system is a meritocratic appointment, over someone who may be more tactically astute, but would be a duck out of water in the structure of a club like Man Utd.
Ole is gradually preparing us for success. The team is improving every season under him and I'm sure when we do achieve that success, it won't be a flash in the pan, followed by a period of decline, but rather it will be a sustainable success.