Because as manager he was undoubtedly taking an average Champo squad into league 1. He tried to implement a style of play that the squad at his disposal was obviously incapable of playing, and then just stuck with it as the team looked increasingly lost and confused. I saw no evidence of him knowing what he was doing, he appeared to be completely out of his depth. (I have every sympathy for him there, it was painful to watch and Gibson should never have given him the job). But this isn't the guy I'd choose to have standing next to Carrick influencing him in games.Why? The amount of people whinging about this on forums and Twitter embarrasses our fan base.
He was very good, though not perhaps as good as you suggest. But so what? Alex Ferguson was a run of the mill player. Our most successful ever manager never played at the top levels. Mourinho never played at all.The bloke was arguably the best defender of his generation, possibly the best reader of the game in his position this country has ever produced.
I do hope he can impart some pearls of wisdom to the lads playing in his position, but he certainly didn't manage to improve the defence last time, or we wouldn't have been getting embarrassingly rinsed 0-3 in half an hour at home to Swansea. Good players went backwards rapidly under him last time.He’s first team coach, not manager. It’s an absolute master stroke having someone of his ability at his peak on Carricks coaching team. He absolutely will improve players.
People need to give their head a shake and learn to differentiate between being part of a coaching team and the top man making decisions. Woody may not be a number 1, but is an asset working with the players.
It's naive to think that Carrick will unilaterally make all the decisions, (not least because he's already told us in his prezzer that that won't be the case - 'club man' 'all working together' etc), but also because that just isn't how it works in football.
Yes Carrick will make the calls, but Woodgate will give his opinion and he will have an influence. Carrick obviously sees Woodgate as someone who will know the Champo well, (indeed better than he does), since he has no experience himself at Champo level. That's useful to some degree, but if Woodgate still thinks we can play champagne top 6 Prem football (and that's what Carrick knows of course) then we might be in trouble. Again.
We're in a relegation battle, with a powderpuff squad that lacks leadership and fight. We need someone in the coaching team who knows how to grind out results.