22-02-2017, 12:52
Of course Pooch, but for the man to be right, the club perhaps doesn't have to be in free fall with the owner demolishing it from the inside, with people no one trusts at the top, and a team whose true ability may well be accurately reflected by the league position.
If you take the example of Bournemouth. Their success is seen as an example of Eddie Howe's magic ...... but their few remaining players rallied, their tattered board joined the fight and the town got involved. When Eddie Howe left, the team continued to succeed under Steve Fletcher, the club continued its recovery. It wasn't just Eddie.
Lots of factors combine, some the manager controls, some are impossible for him. Success surely depends on the things he can do something about.
Now I think there is a lot about Chesterfield Danny Wilson couldn't do anything about and Gary Caldwell is a clever man if he has established how deeply these problems are embedded, never mind found the solution. Our position didn't originate with Danny, or even Deano. There was evidence of it during Paul Cook's final season and you could argue that the Proact itself and our promotions have been not much more than mirages.
A football team can build out of a disaster behind the scenes, but it's hard and we don't really appear to have the precondition of enough determined, loyal, experienced players to help.
Doing precisely nothing rejuvenated Barnsley, their manager left, the players rallied to the temporary man in charge, he didn't bring in a huge influx of players but a team which had looked like promotion contenders pre-season transformed itself from relegation fodder to success. It wasn't Gandalf coming in with some ancient complex magic, it was Sam Gamgee, one of the lads, stepping up and everyone coming with him.
Gary Caldwell has an enormous job to make himself the right man for a failing club like ours. If he is to succeed one of the first things he, we and our miniature board have to accept is we are going down. We would need 8 wins to stay up and what's Mr Caldwell, 0-6, or is it 7? I love a long shot, but this is way beyond a long shot.
If you take the example of Bournemouth. Their success is seen as an example of Eddie Howe's magic ...... but their few remaining players rallied, their tattered board joined the fight and the town got involved. When Eddie Howe left, the team continued to succeed under Steve Fletcher, the club continued its recovery. It wasn't just Eddie.
Lots of factors combine, some the manager controls, some are impossible for him. Success surely depends on the things he can do something about.
Now I think there is a lot about Chesterfield Danny Wilson couldn't do anything about and Gary Caldwell is a clever man if he has established how deeply these problems are embedded, never mind found the solution. Our position didn't originate with Danny, or even Deano. There was evidence of it during Paul Cook's final season and you could argue that the Proact itself and our promotions have been not much more than mirages.
A football team can build out of a disaster behind the scenes, but it's hard and we don't really appear to have the precondition of enough determined, loyal, experienced players to help.
Doing precisely nothing rejuvenated Barnsley, their manager left, the players rallied to the temporary man in charge, he didn't bring in a huge influx of players but a team which had looked like promotion contenders pre-season transformed itself from relegation fodder to success. It wasn't Gandalf coming in with some ancient complex magic, it was Sam Gamgee, one of the lads, stepping up and everyone coming with him.
Gary Caldwell has an enormous job to make himself the right man for a failing club like ours. If he is to succeed one of the first things he, we and our miniature board have to accept is we are going down. We would need 8 wins to stay up and what's Mr Caldwell, 0-6, or is it 7? I love a long shot, but this is way beyond a long shot.