Manager window?

[IJN]

Seeing most of this crap we find ourselves in was caused by Schumacher leaving us, got me thinking if we could apply the same windows to managers?

It would create a very interesting situation with clubs like Stoke, Watford, Birmingham as examples wouldn't it?

 

[GreenMagpie]

Would be an interesting idea - and i'm sure you'd see many more managers given a chance for long term success vs the trigger happy manager game recently.

i guess main issue would be when do you have the windows? - offseason would be fine , but a Jan manager & transfer window would cause chaos ( as we saw ourselves!), but much later than that and you'd not leave much time for a new manager to do anything before the end of the season.

 

[philevs]

It’s a great idea

 

[IPA]

I've been saying the same thing for a few years.

It should be during the close season only in my opinion.

 

[gerdundula]

One problem I could see with that is if a team was struggling at the wrong end of the table and the window had shut, teams wouldn't be able the sack the manager and be stuck with someone they didn't want who could get them relegated.

 

[Dunc67]

i'd go further all squads and manager decided by game 1 for the season

 

[Argy1e]

I don't see any way that it would work.

 

[Joe Totale]

One problem I could see with that is if a team was struggling at the wrong end of the table and the window had shut, teams wouldn't be able the sack the manager and be stuck with someone they didn't want who could get them relegated.

Likely you'd end up with a lot of managers on gardening leave and a coach without the official title of manager but really pulling the strings in charge.

There's lots of ways round a manager window

 

[IPA]

Likely you'd end up with a lot of managers on gardening leave and a coach without the official title of manager but really pulling the strings in charge.

There's lots of ways round a manager window

But the point is, wealthier clubs couldn't poach other clubs managers mid season and screw their whole season up!

 

[IJN]

Nor Stoke City! 😉

 

[aNorthernSoul]

Nice idea but never going to happen. Player transfer windows are already an exceptional circumstance with European labour laws and freedom of movement. We’re more likely to see the abolition of transfer windows.

 

[IPA]

Nor Stoke City! 😉

I've amended it to wealthier clubs!

 

[CarolinaGreen]

I don’t understand the low value attached to breaking a contract. I think I said at the time the fee should have been equivalent to the cost of relegation. If Stoke had to pay 12m to grab the ex-manager it would have been a fair deal considering the timing and uncertainty.

 

[Joe Totale]

But the point is, wealthier clubs couldn't poach other clubs managers mid season and screw their whole season up!

What's stopping the wealthier clubs approaching a manager and getting them to sign an agreement to take over as soon as the window opens?

As soon as their employers found out, the manager would have to go onto gardening leave/be sacked and that'd still screw the season up.

 

[gaspargomez]

One problem I could see with that is if a team was struggling at the wrong end of the table and the window had shut, teams wouldn't be able the sack the manager and be stuck with someone they didn't want who could get them relegated.

I think the rule would have to be that a person could only manage one EFL club per season.

This doesn't mean that that a club couldn't fire a manager. There would no doubt be a large pool of out of work managers and coaches available throughout the year.