Ole is as much a problem as Woodward and now Woodward is hiding behind Ole and his new 'long term' project to deflect criticism and sabotage transfers so that the Glazers can loot more of the club's funds. Both are protecting each other, this is why you see Ole offering himself up for blame over the transfers but ironically people were using the summer business as an excuse to keep him around when he did the bare minimum and ignored key areas of the team.
Ole is running out of good will from fans now too. He is actually now ruining his reputation, he is showing that he is nothing but a yes man. At United, a manager has to be strong.
Realistically, if you take the United fan hat out of the equation Ole and Woodward are doing exactly what everyone else would. When the owners do not care about results why should they bother?
Ole is on very good money which he won't get anywhere else, Woodward is racking up the bonuses so why would they speak up against each other when their interests are mutual.
The reason Jose and Ed relationship broke over transfers is because Jose is a winner, he wants to win.
Nothing about Ole suggests that.