You’re arguing against the whole ethos of having a ‘football department’ in place though. The idea is to make sure the next man is suited to the players and can build on and improve what was left behind. You don’t suddenly say “right, give it Chris Hughton,” because if your department and your structure is working properly then you wouldn’t be lurching between managers and coaches with wildly different characters and playing styles.
The next appointment will tell us a lot about how well this new structure is working, whether there’s any joined up thinking. If we go for Hughton, an older head who plays a very different style to Wilder, then you’d say the club have learnt absolutely nothing and we’ve wasted a year of time and resources. And you’d have to ask what the point of some sort of overarching, all-seeing Head of Football actually is TBH.
If it’s a young, hungry coach who likes to develop players and play with wingers or wing backs then you can understand that, there’s consistency of thinking in that. But Dyche or Hughton or some other old head, then we’ll be back here this time next year having flushed another few million quid down the sh*tter.
