I get the disappointment if Moyes is the pick and if he's intended to be the manager for the next 2+ seasons or whatever. I really do.
But I don't see any real indication of that. Multiple journalists are reporting that it's an initial contract to the end of the season. If that's true, I can't quite understand the level of fume here.
Because these are the options as I see it, given where we are in time:
1) Hire a short-termer to make sure we don't get relegated (who better that's available and willing than Moyes?) and then keep the options open for getting one of our true first choices in the summer
or
2) Hire one of our second choices now (keeping in mind that the only ones available are ones who aren't in another job somewhere else - which might be an indicator of their desirability) and turn the whole multi-year project over to them going forward
I think #2 is what they're desperately trying to avoid. So #1 seems the clear winner here. It's a really long way away from next season's first match at BMD. If Moyes is leading us out then, I might be singing a different tune. But I don't think that's nailed in stone, even if he signs on tomorrow.
But I don't see any real indication of that. Multiple journalists are reporting that it's an initial contract to the end of the season. If that's true, I can't quite understand the level of fume here.
Because these are the options as I see it, given where we are in time:
1) Hire a short-termer to make sure we don't get relegated (who better that's available and willing than Moyes?) and then keep the options open for getting one of our true first choices in the summer
or
2) Hire one of our second choices now (keeping in mind that the only ones available are ones who aren't in another job somewhere else - which might be an indicator of their desirability) and turn the whole multi-year project over to them going forward
I think #2 is what they're desperately trying to avoid. So #1 seems the clear winner here. It's a really long way away from next season's first match at BMD. If Moyes is leading us out then, I might be singing a different tune. But I don't think that's nailed in stone, even if he signs on tomorrow.