He's made some dreadful mistakes in the past. He might not be a fool but he's not infallible either. Appointing Southgate was so far away from being a good decision. I got the impession being able to force it through when he wasn't even qualified was a chance for a bit of publicity. Woodgate isn't bright enough to run a football club, Gibson thinking he is worries me. His judge of character when appointing people like Monk is questionable. Karanka was his besdt appointment since McClaren, as was bringing in Orta, working with Kenyon and (was it Mendes?) was a sign of moving away from the parochial way of operating but then falling out with Karanka (and Orta) and allowing us to disappear out of the PL with Agnew in charge was atrocious.
Hopefully he gets it right this time. It is supposed to be Scott's job to identify a manager for continuity purposes so all Gibson has to do is trust the person he's hired to do that job and sign-off on the recommendation.