Levy's Worst Managerial Appointment

[eddiebailey]

Danny boy cannot be held responsible for every duff player we sign, but when it comes to managers the buck stop with him. So…?

 

[rockyhotspur]

Really?

 

[eddiebailey]

I'm bored.

 

[steve]

I can sort of see why he went for most of them, they all had some sort of track record or relative success at another club apart from Tim but I think he was always seen as a stopgap in the same way Pleat was and both were promoted from within.

I voted Santini but he had pedigree at the time so it's a vote with hindsight.

At the time I was pleased with Hoddle (but thought Graham should've seen the season out).
Santini I really wasn't sure about either way.
Same with Jol.
Ramos I saw as unnecessary and I was very annoyed over Jol's sacking. I then thought Ramos was the real deal for a bit until it started to go tits up.
Redknapp I didn't want.
AVB I worried about his personality.
Tim I thought was short term.
Poch, I preferred FDB due to his winning ways, experience at Ajax, playing experience/fame and his ability to attract players - wasn't upset with Poch but was very much sitting on the fence with him.

 

[tdk101]

Gotta be Ramos. Got the team mired in the relegation battle. On top of that, created the bad blood with Sevilla, which contributed to several botched players' deals with them, and the bad relation still continues till present time.

 

[Danners9]

Santini and Ramos.

At least with Santini, I seem to remember, the real idea was to promote Jol afterwards... Ramos was a Comolli suggestion that he went with, and why not - hottest manager in Europe, at the time, but that was a maaaaassive disaster - cup win aside.

 

[Nine while nine]

It's difficult to say which was the worst. All management careers end in failure and none of the top eight left for a better job. All were sacked for a reason. Has Levy got it right at the ninth time of asking? Too early to say. Or as the rhyme goes...

1) Holy Joe
2) Drove too slow
3) All were happy when let go

4) Soprano
5) Ketchup? No.
6) Always bought Jermain Defoe

7) Boring beau
8) Too gung-ho
9) Is Poch the man? Too soon to know...

 

[UncleBuck]

Amazing to see the only managers to win us a trophy and get us into the CL with votes....
Ramos wasn't great though

 

[UpTownSpur]

AVB - He had already failed in England with Chelsea and been sacked in half a season.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

All the managers he appointed had merits except for Tim for me. The only manager we've had that made me resent supporting my own club.

 

[scat1620]

Ramos for me by a distance. Genuinely believe we could've gone down in 2008/09 regardless of having a handful of the excellent players at the time. We were in a tailspin from March to October in 2008 and I couldn't see an end to it. Grim.

Didn't enjoy AVB's time at the club, he managed to remove a lot of the joy I get from watching football with his suffocating brand of "try not to lose rather than try to win" football. Santini a little bit the same but he was only here for 5 minutes so not really worth a mention.

Generally enjoyed the reigns of Jol and (so far) Pochettino, with a few reservations.

And Harry Redknapp brought the best and most successful football I've ever seen at Spurs (been following since 1995), so he's definitely been my favourite Levy appointment to date (and I was totally unconvinced when we hired him, but he gave us the best times that any of us have seen in the last 20 years so he has to get due respect for that).

 

[stemark44]

For me, it has to be AVB.
Absolute disaster of a decision to appoint him and we are still reeling from the crap he bought.
It might take us years to get rid of the majority of them.

 

[Lilbaz]

Negativity.

 

[mpickard2087]

Santini, considering a season was written off with Pleat in caretaker charge in order for the right structure to be put in place. The chosen one then lasted what, 4 months in charge?

 

[Danners9]

Ramos for me by a distance. Genuinely believe we could've gone down in 2008/09 regardless of having a handful of the excellent players at the time. We were in a tailspin from March to October in 2008 and I couldn't see an end to it. Grim.

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And Harry Redknapp brought the best and most successful football I've ever seen at Spurs (been following since 1995), so he's definitely been my favourite Levy appointment to date (and I was totally unconvinced when we hired him, but he gave us the best times that any of us have seen in the last 20 years so he has to get due respect for that).

For me, these two appointments show what type of club we are - and what type of club we definitely are not.

Redknapp worked because of the players we had, and Ramos didn't for the same reason. Redknapp is much more of an arm around the shoulder/run around a bit type that gives the players freedom but Ramos was the opposite. We had players who didn't take to strict direction and who just want to do their own thing, they were not interested in the rules and regulations that Ramos brought but worked fine under Harry when they were happy and performing but, as we saw, when it isn't working there was not much of an alternative.

Ramos was just the wrong appointment for the club. Redknapp was the right one for the club/team we were. I hope the years between then and now have seen a shift in the personality of (most of the) players at the club, seems so but it's early days.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

I don't have a problem seeing why Levy chose any of them. The one I struggled with most on a personal level is Redknapp, because I couldn't understand the logic of appointing a bloke who seemed at odds with the strategy Levy had put in place. And because he was a ginormous bullshitting **** who's idea of coaching was teaching Kevin Bond how to fill out his betting slips.

 

[Spursidol]

I don't have a problem seeing why Levy chose any of them. The one I struggled with most on a personal level is Redknapp, because I couldn't understand the logic of appointing a bloke who seemed at odds with the strategy Levy had put in place. And because he was a ginormous bullshitting **** who's idea of coaching was teaching Kevin Bond how to fill out his betting slips.

But we were desperate at the time and Redknapp had a reputation for.........something !

 

[SpursManChris]

15 people voted for Hoddle, Redknapp, AVB and Sherwood. Well those 15 are either really really dumb, or have just done a silly vote.

 

[SpursManChris]

Ramos was a Comolli suggestion that he went with, and why not - hottest manager in Europe, at the time, but that was a maaaaassive disaster - cup win aside.

Ramos for me by a distance. Genuinely believe we could've gone down in 2008/09 regardless of having a handful of the excellent players at the time. We were in a tailspin from March to October in 2008 and I couldn't see an end to it. Grim.

Gotta be Ramos. Got the team mired in the relegation battle. On top of that, created the bad blood with Sevilla, which contributed to several botched players' deals with them, and the bad relation still continues till present time.

The question isn't, "who was the worst manager we've ever had" it is "who was the worst appointment." It's important to remember that at the time, Ramos seemed like a good choice; I mean, answer honestly - Were you against him being appointed? I wasn't. Plus he somehow won a cup in the end. We really can't judge the appointment on what ended up happening in the league.

 

[SpursManChris]

All the managers he appointed had merits except for Tim for me. The only manager we've had that made me resent supporting my own club.

Were there really any other options?