Or buying better players for someone who is regarded in coaching circles as an excellent coach.
This is the crux of the matter. It’s a question of how good the scouting system is and whether their recruitment is any good.
We know what an excellent coach David Wagner is but Huddersfield’s recruitment screwed him up, I’m thinking the same for Hughton.
Rarely do we ever see promoted Championship clubs get it right in terms of recruitment after they’ve secured themselves after their initial season in the Premier League. Clubs like Southampton benefited from a great youth setup so that suggests the best foundations are investing in the youth for any sustainability in the league.
Are the data analysts up to scratch, should they be paying top dollar for better internal analytics? Or do they get complacent and profligate with Premier League cash once they have safely secured another year in the Premier League?
I think it’s a bit of both, but at the end of the day, it’s the manager whose the scapegoat for such failures.