The lingering smell of Saipan and crowd pressure to have Keane back is what undid Mick, not anything that happened out on the pitch. You might think he handled the Keane situation badly and I do to an extent, but he never lost the players, that must account for something. Keane in the aftermath painted them as traitors and cowards, but there was nothing cowardly about their performances at the World Cup, they fought for their manager, themselves and their country, no one else. Any lack of man management came down to an issue with one player who so happened to be our most important player, that player should take a healthy share of them as well, after all Keane wasn't sent home, he walked.