You seem to put an inordinate amount of importance on management courses. Yes they cost money and yes they are reasonably rigorous but ..............etc
Interesting post Bungle but would comment as follows:
a) the diplomas appear to be which every aspiring manager would want. That’s a fact! I believe luck does play a significant part in a Managers career. All great managers, politicians and leaders have this elusive factor from Ferguson to Wilder. For instance Alexander the Great had it in plenty - even to this day people carry round old coins with his image in the hope luck would favour them. It’s the same with Wilder, up popped Toney to save us and Oxford losing an influential player in the last game.
b) Some of your points are based on hindsight - they are there to be seen
c) Alton’s claim that we don’t give managers sufficient time for example Page but he was in my view just plain unlucky with catastrophic defeats against ‘Boro and Rovers. If we as the fans/KT kept our nerves we might have ridden the storm.
d) Our present situation is largely due to Wilder leaving, with his luck and devoted fans we might well have reached the Championship; Holmes may well have been still our player!