I'm liking the fact that he comes from a youth coaching background.
This is for me so important. It bodes well for the academy. It also means He wants his players to have fun and enjoy being the better side.
I have read the first page fully and I am getting a little bit excited. If I was a player, and I had just lost Kenny I would be happy that a innovative extremely hard working and down to earth fellah who has guided a newly promoted side to a very comfortable first year in the Prem doing it in style.
And that I as a player will develop because of his teaching philosophy not just making me set in one position but to really understand the game.
I think Pardew did a lot of this with their back four(and I guess throughout the side) working on the principles of defending the pressure cover balance etc. and working completely as a unit.
I think most players don't study the game they just play and do what came naturally and through huge amounts of dedicated training.
But to understand the game requires work/study and I don't think that is in the English culture, maybe I'm wrong.