Been considering this and for me the name is secondary to what I want from our new manager. RM was the last manager to join the club and deliberately try to understand us, who we are, what we want, our history and our ambitions. He tried to make a difference across the club, not just the league table.
I guess a solid DOF is meant to play this role now and leave the manager to deal with the first team. It also places the manager at a disadvantage as it makes him very disposable base do purely on results alone. The foundation is being set by the Brands now.
Saying that the manager is largely still the face of the club and I would want to see the same level of buy in to the history and future of our club... not just his own win loss record. We need to build something, chasing short term wins leads to short terms decisions and unless you have a bottomless pit of money a redo every year to fix the mess until we hit on the magic formula.
I believe our fans can show that faith and patience as long as they see the club building something great and a team that we can be proud of.
That first season of Roberto was probably the proudest I have been of our club since '95. We tried to play the right way, had amazing youngsters coming through and even signing potential worldies. The manager spoke of our heritage and creating a new one. It was all perfect and in hindsight was incredibly sad to see how it unraveled.
Don't know what made me reflect like this.. guess comes from almost going into virtual hibernation for the passed season and wait for it all to end. I believe Brands is a great start.. the manager had better inspire too!