Stole this of Red Cafe good reading.
While that is a fantastic and instantaneous improvement, it looks like a case of a manager capable running the ship aground to save it from sinking. Trouble is, it won't sail any more, it'll just sit there for years until someone more crafty comes along and gets it to sea again. Typical dime-a-dozen mid-table manager in the Hodgson, Pulis and O'Neill mold.
Some managers just lack that little extra something that brings trophies. Most of the managers who go on to become notorious for their ability to win do so very early in their careers. You either have it or you don't. I'd say Moyes is one of those who are very capable, but lack the extra oomph of the truly top class managers. To prove a point, here's a list of the leading managers today and the amount of time it took them to win anything of note:
Hiddink: Took over PSV in 1987 at the age of 41. In a three-year stint he won three league titles, two Dutch cups and a UEFA Cup.
Mourinho: Started managing with Benfica in 2000, at the age of 37. Two years later he took over Porto. With them he won two leagues, a Portuguese Cup, the UEFA cup and the Champions League in two seasons.
Guardiola: Managed Barcelona B for a season (where he won the Tercera Division) starting in 2007, at the age of 36, before being bumped up to the top job. In four years there he won three league titles, two cups, two Champions Leagues and two Club World Cups.
van Gaal: Took over Ajax in 1991 at the age of 40. In six seasons he won the league three times, the Dutch cup once, the UEFA cup once and the Champions League once.
Blanc: Took over Bordeaux in 2007 at the age of 42 and finished 2nd in the league in his first season, before winning it the year later, thus ending Lyon's seven year reign as undefeated champions. Bordeaux hadn't won the league in nine years, and had only finished top three twice in that time before Blanc took over.
Klopp: Took over Mainz as a 34-year old and spent seven seasons with them, getting them up to the Bundesliga for the first time ever and staying there for three straight seasons. Klopp then got hired for the Dortmund job, and his achievements there should be fairly well-known, with a couple of leagues, a cup and a Champions League final being the main points.
Simeone: Started out in 2006 at the age of 36 and won the Argentine league that year with Estudiantes. Won it again with River Plate in 2008. Has managed Atletico since late 2011 and has won the Copa del Rey and the Europa League with them. 2nd in the league so far this season and on the same amount of points as leaders Barcelona.
Capello: Took over Milan at 45 in 1991. Won four league titles and a Champions League in his five years there.
Ancelotti: Started managing in 1995 as a 36-year old with Reggiana. Did a good, albeit trophyless job with Parma from 1996 to 1998 before having an equally trophyless two-year spell with Juventus. In 2002 he started an eight-year stint with Milan, where he won a league, a cup, two Champions Leagues and a CWC.
Wenger: Took over Nancy at 35 in 1984. Three years later he took over Monaco, winning a league and a cup in seven seasons.
I bet there's more that I've forgotten. The common ground is they all won something in the first 10 years of their careers, regardless of how shit the club they started out at was. Sir Alex did it too. Ole has done it. Even bloody Benitez has. Moyes hasn't even managed to fluke a League Cup at Everton. Wigan managed the FA Cup and they have a fanbase that would struggle to fill a phone booth and an even smaller budget than Everton. I can't see anything in Moyes so far that says he has the ability to win silverware, barring the free Community Shield that SAF practically gifted him.