I mentioned his name last week. Got Barnsley in the playoffs with no money at all. West Brom and Watford aren’t clubs that are easy to succeed at so I take those spells lightly. Only downside to him is I believe he plays quite direct with a lot of pace in the team, not sure how much we would look at him because the “data” would probably put him in the long ball category
To be honest, I'm starting to think that the data analysts (and I'm saying that as with my data analyst hat on in my current job role) can "do one" regarding the appointment of a new manager. Yes, I get we have a set up in place. I get that the intention was the head-coach would be a 'straight-swap' for the previous if they meet certain criteria to keep the team running without a hiccup. And it didn't work with Foster.
So assuming we stay up (and, to a certain extent
if we go down too), I don't want a manager who fits in and will coach the team how "we" want them to play. I'm agnostic as to whether we have a club manager or a head-coach but that person must have a big say in who we sign in the summer, and if that manager wants to play hoof-ball: if it keeps us in the Championship and makes us competitive on the pitch, then bring it on. If that manager has baggage: meh. If he gets the job done on a Saturday afternoon and keeps control of the dressing-room then that's fine with me.
Ryan Lowe was a shrewd signing when we got him. We were lucky as he came as a job lot with Schumacher so when Lowe moved on we were lucky he could step up and take Lowe's place, so I don't quite buy this "our data analysts got it right with two appointments" argument. They got it right once.
As long as that manager knows how to fight in the Championship and got the stripes to prove it, especially on a very modest budget - they'll do for me.