I somewhat agree. That said Rafa had rough times early on in his career, but passion, obsession and endless curiosity for the game usually wins out and ensures you get over the initial hurdles.
If you don’t have those qualities as a young manager, you’ll never reach elite level.
I think a problem with Brendan is that he thought himself as elite too early. He fell for what a number of players do and believed he made it when the big club came in for him. During the early 2010's we had SO MANY players like that, who acted as if they made it by coming to us and they didn't have to improve, didn't have to work to be worthy of the club. Stewart Downing is the biggest culprit I can think of but there were a lot like him, and Rodgers was a little like that it felt - he was the man at this was his time to show it off.
He brought us a spectacular season, but even in that season you could see the cracks, see the limitations. You also got the impression that Rodgers was very much focused on how he come out of it, both in the good and the bad.
It's a stark contrast to Klopp who everyone of course adores, and is of course a much much much better coach, but one of the best things he did early on was shift the focus from himself to the amazing players, almost without anyone noticing. Rodgers always felt like he needed his light.
To be fair to him Rodgers did humble himself after leaving, looked to rebuild in a proper way, but you really did feel like Celtic and Leicester were always stepping stones to him, and the issues he had with us still prevailed.
And now at Celtic again, it feels like the position is chaffing, that he feels too big for the role (which he may in fact be)
I can absolutely see him at Newcastle, seems the type of job he would take, if they don't get Tuchel that is.