Artell being a strong advocate of the academy, it must have helped swing it for him.
Plus he's already on the staff so we continue to promote within - which has been proven to work before. Ok, not always, admittedly, but I'm all for trying to continue to promote the Crewe way rather than go down the Gudjon route again.
And we always talk about the fact that we want to see passion.
Well, Artell had this in spades as a player and captain and, in my view (and I said it at the time), it was Davis's first major mistake as boss to release him a week after lifting the Play-Off trophy. he deserved the chance to lead Crewe in League One and then if he was found wanting, you deal with it.
He looked like a born leader on the field.
Here's hoping he can replicate that off it.
For me, an exciting appointment!
Play-offs here we come!!