In my opinion the role of manager is non existent anymore, with a DOF you need a head coach, someone with respect of the players is the most important thing and the continuity of what Parish is trying to build, Duncan Ferguson had a better record at Everton than Ancelotti, and Klinsmann won the word cup in his first job, The man i would make head coach is Scott Dann, he has worked under, Pulis, Warnock, Pardew, Allardyce and Hodgson, he is respected by the players and would continue the club on the same path, i would also bring Glen Murray in as assistant, we already have Shaun Derry and Paddy McCarthy at the club, that in my opinion is a much better plan than bringing someone in who has to earn the respect of the players

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Yes, i understand what you are saying, but undoing the good work with manager who the players arnt sue about could do a lot of harm, Lampard is the only one could gain instant respect

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

You still need a manager, but your right that the manager's job has now completely changed for elite sport. It's no longer down to two guys like Clough and Taylor to run the entire first team. By the end Ferguson was apparently very hands of at Man U, leaving the day to day coaching down to a coaching team.

The DoF is their to look after football at all levels of the club. Given the number of sides the club puts out, that's a huge job in itself.

The first team manager is now effectively a project manager looking after a number of coaches, training regimes, physios, tactics, analyst, sports scientist. That's on top of the day to day man management of the players. The DoF should support them setting up scouting because the manager has enough on their plate, but ultimately the manager should be in charge of first team transfers.

I'm not sure how many teams or managers have embraced this concept fully yet. Southgate seems to have done it with the England set up, and so have Leicester. Both copying what other sports have set up over a decade before.

Edited by jeeagles (10 Jun 2021 8.20am)

Always liked the idea of getting some guys from the stands and making them managers for a season.

Just my opinion, but I think if you are relatively successful then you would likely succeed. As already mentioned, you would surround yourself with the right team anyway.

Would be very interesting to see if any succeeded. Would then make a mockery of managers big wages.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

We could just pick the team and tactics on the HOL. We could design training regimes and diets etc. We could use Transfer Talk for the signings. I can't see anything that could possibly go wrong.

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Answering my own question. It was Ebbsfleet and kinda interesting read to what happened:

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