Vice President wrote:The sacking of DF and the appointment of JD leaves me perplexed and concerned.
DF got the club within a whisker of promotion in his first full season. Most clubs would keep that manager in the belief that they will be promoted the following season. (Paul Cox & Ian Greaves weren't sacked after one full season for failing to get promotion). I also thought that JR was looking for a long term manager. Whatever, JR clearly didn't think he could take the club any further.
To appoint JD, with no experience at this level and without even looking to see who else is out there seems strange. (JR may feel that he has had his fingers burned by appointing the experienced Evans & Flitcroft - but they did a lot better than the inexperienced cheap options of Duncan Russell and Adam Murray).
The further concern is is this a sign that the Radfords are withdrawing from 'project promotion'? and are we going back to 'project sustainability'? I suppose we will find out by the calibre of strikers we bring in and what happens with offers for our best players over the summer.
Did they do "a lot better" than Russell and Murray when you take the huge difference in budgets into account?
I personally think not.