Should Ferguson have stayed as a coach or should he have looked to manage elsewhere?

[davek]

I wasn't suggesting that I disagreed with you in the other thread. I just wanted to see a poll. I do think you cleverly worded the poll answer to skew the results.

Nonsense. It's neutral.

 

[Carlito]

If he was serious about management, he'd have left years ago.

I don't think it makes much difference to our prospects either way if he stays or goes. I'm fine with him being part of the furniture, but then it's hard to be objective when you're of the wrote-to-him-in-prison generation.

 

[ilikecheese]

Nonsense. It's neutral.

The tone I was getting in the other thread was that Frank shouldn't have hired him.

 

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

Personally I'm glad Dunc has stayed on in some coaching capacity.
DCL has certainly learnt a lot from him and his passion for the club is unparalleled amongst his peers.
Like others on here though, I think if he is to manage us one day then he needs to go and prove his worth at another club first.
COYB!!!!

 

[bcblue1878]

He applied with Lampard for the same job. His case was that he has the players' ear. That cant be good that he's still hanging around then can it?

And you know this how?

 

[n01efc]

We need some continuity in the ranks otherwise have the dossers in the squad start with a free slate, and some don’t deserve that! However if that is Big Dunc or someone else behind the scenes I’m not sure. If he wants to manage he needs to leave but I’m sure Frank will assess what he needs etc. in due course.

 

[Buzz Lightroom]

Keeping Dunc around til summer to help the transition while Lampard eases his way in to the job could be a good thing. If Dunc left now he'd be unlikely to get another job until the summer anyway.

I'd love to see him go to a 1st or 2nd division club as manager and do really well. I guess Dunc's main problem is that he is such a diehard blue that he wants to stay. He'd probably rather be slicing the oranges at Everton rather than managing anywhere else.

I'm OK with him staying at the club as long as he's not holding us back which is something none of us can know. Unless you're on the training ground every day you haven't got a clue what Dunc contributes on a day to day basis.

 

[banno]

Should look for a management job in the summer but handy to have about until then so he can fast track Lampard and co on the players strengths and weaknesses

 

[Cameron Manning]

Personally, I think he'd make a great pigeon trainer, time to move on. Boot the galoot.

I don’t think he has any pigeons, gave them up a few years ago, maybe when he went to live n Majorca. I think he has been the Albatross at Everton for the last few managers.

 

[Simon Buttle]

The West Brom job looks like it might be about to come up if he fancies it?

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

I am not sure that he really wants to be a manager. He clearly loves being back within the club but it feels a bit like others convincing him to do things as opposed to him going out and hunting them down. Don't get me wrong, he is more of a blue than some of the pretenders on here who want to see us lose and get relegated will ever be.?

 

[BNJ1878]

I suspect he will be off in the summer.

It's not the worst thing in the world to stick around to share his opinions on the squad and the new coaching team transition in.

Talk of him getting a gob on about being 'messed around' is all on him. He's shown a distinct lack of ambition to go and prove himself in a pressure role where the buck stops with him. For the past 6 (SIX!!!) managers before Lampard he's been able to shrug and say: 'wasn't me.'

He gets a ridiculous ammount of support because he was a talisman during a generally miserable period of our history. I'll never call him a legend because he achieved nothing. A sub appearance in our last cup triumph doesn't make a hero.

Don't get me wrong, the above makes it sound like I think he's a waste of space. I don't, but we have seen nothing to suggest he can be a top flight manager. Energy and commitment only gets you so far.

Go and see what you can do.

 

[Blue Roo]

Duncan learning off top level experienced managers - yes
Lampard and Dunc - no.
Needs now to travel and achieve some targets/titles and then come back.

 

[blue61]

I don’t think he has any pigeons, gave them up a few years ago, maybe when he went to live n Majorca. I think he has been the Albatross at Everton for the last few managers.

Albatross, Do you get wafers with it?

 

[diggerdestroyer]

I think it's agood call for him to have remain on the coaching staff until the summer. The dangerous situation everton are in cannot be underestimated. Ferguson can help here. He was involved in a relegation scrap as a player and has the character and passion to help in this situation.

For himself as a potential manager it's time to go in the summer. If he wants to manage Everton one day he needs to gain the ups and downs of management and at his age needs to do so soon.