alternatively...

...we locked him in for an extra year on the (presumably still low) salary, knowing that we'd never sack him before mid season so the downside potential was a half season of extra notice and the upside was an extra season of lower overheads and not having the potential disruption of losing the manager in a promotion-challenge season.

After all, back in summer it wasn't inconceivable that we'd be there or thereabouts at the right end of the table, and therefore not inconceivable that other clubs might fancy offering him more money to join them, leaving us in the lurch. Not even inconceivable that he may have left us in the summer, leaving us needing to find a new CEO and new manager at the same time as re-building for a promotion challenge.

This smacks of being a (relatively) justifiable commercial decision that has not paid off. It doesn't necessarily make the original decision manifestly wrong.

If we were sitting in 3rd place and competing well, this would be a total non-story.

Posted By: CWC on December 30th 2016 at 10:42:15

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So Ed Balls rewards AN after relegation with a £2m pay off clause. (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Dec 30, 09:34:24
- are you sure it's a reward? What was his deal like when we were in the Prem? (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Dec 30, 09:49:15
  - The article says (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 30, 10:29:06
    - alternatively... (NCFC) - CWC, Dec 30, 10:42:15
      - If he were a good manager maybe. He had already demonstrated he was not (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 30, 10:46:31
        
        tbf not everyone had come around to your way of thinking as early as summer though! (NCFC) - CWC, Dec 30, 10:57:38
  - Why was t it announced (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Dec 30, 09:52:58
    - No idea why it wasn't announced (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Dec 30, 09:55:57
      - This is a fair point (NCFC) - norway, Dec 30, 10:08:15
        
        yeah, that's probably true (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Dec 30, 10:15:24
        
        Yes, absolutely. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Dec 30, 10:17:27
        
        Hi norway... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 30, 10:15:11
        
        Haha (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Dec 30, 10:16:55
- Because he hasn't got a fucking clue how to do a football club CEO job (n/m) (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Dec 30, 09:36:18
  - Like in government he's just chucking money at everything (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 30, 09:38:23

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