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[Freeman25]

I think you're getting likeable and respected confused.

Not at all, I've seen him described as both

Care to tell me why you think this will end well, other than 'he's a nice chap?

I'm not guaranteeing it will, I just think it's weird people can judge it as a bad thing based on little evidence when on paper it looks like a good bit of business by bringing in someone with his coaching acumen at this level. A lot of teams in this league would think it was a coup getting him as their manager I'd imagine let alone assistant.