I can only think of three occasions when a manager has left us for another side

Mike Walker, Martin O'Neil and Lambert.

On all other occasions managers have left because they've done a bad job.

When Lambert left, I didn't feel like he'd taken us as far as we could go.

Anyway, on to your question, it could be Culverhouse / Karsa, but it could just be luck. Plenty of managers over the years have enjoyed great success for a short period at one club and then not a lot elsewhere.

He inherited an excellent league one squad, Hoolahan, in league 1?! He did a good job of what he is good at, galvanising the fans, players etc. he achieved that at Ipswich too. The difference here though was he actually had a very good squad to work with. At Ipswich, you can do all the galvanising you want, but ultimately the quality of the squad was poor, same at Villa really - that was a club going down the pan due to under investment in that era, regardless of well Lambert did at building up team spirit etc.. At Norwich he was lucky to have both a great squad and a very good CEO in McNally who was also ruthlessly ambitious.

The reality is probably a combination of all the factors, rather than one in particular.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on January 12th 2021 at 14:29:12

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Someone on here (Other Football) - Clairvoyant Creosote, Jan 12, 14:14:38
- I think we need a pantsbot to go back to 2012 (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jan 12, 17:07:19
- Culverhouse hqs certainly got Lynn going, thats for sure. (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Jan 12, 17:04:04
- I'd really like one of those podcasts - OTJ's or ACN (Other Football) - Azteca, Jan 12, 15:10:43
  - there are plenty of interviews that already exist (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 12, 15:16:03
    - Yeah, but was hoping they'd try to push harder & delve a bit more into it (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Jan 12, 15:21:20
      - not many in the football world want to admit (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 12, 15:40:32
- well, this is a fact..... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 12, 15:03:44
- Hopefully (Other Football) - Captain Bligh, Jan 12, 14:49:27
- 12 points from his last 13 games with us. (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jan 12, 14:41:24
  - yep, I think he'd have taken us down if he'd stayed another year (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Jan 12, 14:46:53
  - Don't forget whole Burnley business the season before. (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jan 12, 14:42:31
- the reality is that great managers can also be shit (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 12, 14:38:32
  - almost as if it's about being in the right place at the right time (Other Football) - CWC, Jan 12, 15:08:19
    - indeed (n/m) (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 12, 15:11:48
- Strange that, I was almost relieved when he went because (Other Football) - Chopper, Jan 12, 14:38:23
  - agreed, by the time he went to Villa I was hoping he'd fail every single week (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 12, 15:23:53
  - I was one of those people that loved him and wanted him to stay forever but when he went (Other Football) - Bravo win or die, Jan 12, 14:59:29
    - Yeah, I'd have loved him to have committed to the club for the long term (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 12, 16:36:45
  - ^^ excellent post (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 12, 14:41:25
- I can only think of three occasions when a manager has left us for another side (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jan 12, 14:29:12
  - Going back a bit, but Ron Saunders and John Bond were two more (n/m) (Other Football) - White Van Man, Jan 12, 18:48:43
- Culverhouse the most likely factor (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 12, 14:15:40

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