Chaz Slater:

[Old_pie]

Hardy is similar to Trew in that he believes you can appoint your way to success, but football is a business unlike any other. You don't need heads of this and that who can do a good PowerPoint presentation, just a decent manager and a small squad of good players for their level. The jury is out on the first point and has long since given a guilty verdict on the latter.

It's only a business unlike any other if you don't know what you're doing. Both RT and AH thought that because they had been successful in one area they could be successful in another. Let's play a game, make RT do AH's Paragon job and make AH do RT's recruitment business job. They'd both go bust pretty quickly. But they both think/thought they can play Football Manager, I mean everyone knows about football as is evident from these boards and AH in particular who can recognise future England managers and good training sessions based on kids football. He even rated NA based on his presentation on what was wrong with the team's defending.

It took Sirrel and Dunnett years to build up a successful club and I'm sure Dunnett didn't interefere with footballing matters. It was just a criminal shame that the support wasn't there at a difficult time for football in general and the height of competition from across the river.

If AH and RT look back on their successes I'd bet that they had trusted and competent right hand men and that they were not "Yes" men.

[Bohinen]

It's only a business unlike any other if you don't know what you're doing. Both RT and AH thought that because they had been successful in one area they could be successful in another. Let's play a game, make RT do AH's Paragon job and make AH do RT's recruitment business job. They'd both go bust pretty quickly. .

I take your point there, but maybe their two businesses do have a little in common, the emperor's new clothes. Has anyone seen any of Paragon's designs and thought, fair play, that's really great. Or does AH does tell people it is and they accept that because they know no better? Sure he makes money, but the foundations are built on sand, a bit like Notts.

[SwalePie]

Has anyone seen any of Paragon's designs and thought, fair play, that's really great. Or does AH does tell people it is and they accept that because they know no better? Sure he makes money, but the foundations are built on sand, a bit like Notts.

Just playing Devil's Advocate here but a quick Google found some possible arguments against that view...

http://www.paragonplc.com/about-us-o...shment/awards/