I disagree.The first line of that is totally irrelevant.
The rest a case can be made for
Obviously not the sole reason to give him the job but it's a tick in the plus column.
The only silverware picked up by Everton in my lifetime was won by managers who'd played for the club.
Since Royle, we've had about 10 full time Managers who havent played for the club and won squat.