In reply to: Arsenal hiring Unai Emery... posted by iudomer
if ND hired a 36 year old head coach only 2 years removed from playing who had never managed a game before.
People did a good job talking themselves into Arteta, but that would be as big a gamble as I could imagine. Whatever the reasons for the 180, I'm glad they came to their senses.
Incidentally, Emery's most successful years coaching at Sevilla were under a similar recruiting setup as what Arsenal have put in place. I think this is as good a hire as they could make from the realistic candidates.
skip and a jump from succeeding SAF?
It would make sense to let a guy get his feet wet before putting him in the London pressure cooker succeeding a legend.
All of Andy’s dreams would come true as Savvy Jack introduced PJ Fleck as the new Dick Corbett Head Football Coach.
I agree that Emery is a better hire, but the way things went down could have been better handled IF Arteta was choice #1 and fan pressure caused the switch.
We’re also not immune to poorly thought out hires (see every coach since Holtz).