How United pick managers
My argument is that United hire reactively, each appointment an attempt to atone for the last manager's sins rather than to ask what the next man could build here, which is why Amorim should be judged on adaptation rather than replication.
The posts
- Longform Why do United managers fail? From Van Gaal to Amorim, United have appointed managers to atone for the last one rather than to build the next thing.
- Opinion Amorim should be judged on adaptation, not replication The back 3, the wingbacks and where Bruno fits are the wrong questions; the real ones concern risk-reward, pressing structure and whether his model can evolve here.
- Longform Hostages of history Three causes: a club that never replaced Ferguson's structure, a manager whose principles stopped adapting, and a media war neither side could win.