I love the statement: "By mutual agreement." So Coyle and Senior sat down over a pint and eventually came to the conclusion that this was the best solution? Yeah...right!
What is wrong with being straight, and saying he was sacked?

Coyle was always a peculiar choice, but we are in danger, again, of laying everything at the manager's door.
He has had virtually no money to spend.
The injuries to defenders have hugely hampered any attempt to create stability.
He has had more than his fair share of being on the wrong end of poor refereeing decisions.

I think it would have been sensible for him to go at the end of December. Now, it's just a gamble - another example, in fact, of Venky's pi**ing into the wind.
I really hope that this ISN'T "day one". Surely Senior has been doing some background work, so that there is a credible candidate waiting in the wings.
If we don't get an immediate "bounce" from the new man, what will we do then? I almost feel that if we lose to Burton, the slide will start to accelerate. Luckily, my predictions in football have a pretty poor record!
I think I would actually favour the Johnson/Dunn solution for now. At least we would have a sense of proper club-men in the trenches with the troops.

One thing that still puzzles me after all these years is that some fans still think a new manager can be some sort of messiah. Football "saviours" fail more often than they succeed.