There is some real tripe written and spoken about former managers, blaming their styles, wrong formation, boring football. Often (as pointed out by Pulis is many an interview) you inherit a squad and have to cut your cloth accordingly. No point trying to play heyday Barcelona football unless you have the right players.
If Sean Dyce and Pep did a job swap, i'm sure as hell Dyce wouldn't suddenly ditch everyone under 5'10" - he'd having them playing good stuff. By the same token Pep wouldn't be asking Ashley Barnes to play pass and move.
When Pulis came to us, we were absolutely dead and buried with a dire squad lacking in options, he somehow not only kept to us up, we finished 13th. When he was appointed he was asked to keep us up, not entertain the fans, not play one touch football, but keep us up. For that he should always be applauded. He was never a long term answer or solution, but was given a task and completed it.
For the record as an individual i'm not a fan of his at all, for many a reason one of which was the total disregard he showed when Aaron Ramsey had his leg broke at Stoke, but on what he did for Argyle, i can only see him as a success, even if it was a boring success.