Okay...in an attempt to avoid disrupting other threads - and offer Swale the opportunity to post his vitriolic essays all in one place - let’s consider the last decade of Derby management or possibly mis-management.
Sadly the next, possibly imminent, appointment will be the 10th of the last ten years...a record which tells its own tale.
I imagine most would agree that McClaren Mk1 was the most fondly remembered period in terms of achievement and the nature of the football played.
For me the end of the Clement era, the Pearson months and, I now have to accept, our current plight represent the ‘darkest days’.
I know some will assess managerial achievement via league position alone. To me that seems too simplistic...for example, imo, managing the likes of Palace, Southampton, Wolves and Sheffield United to top half finishes may well be a greater achievement than Klopp winning the League or Guardiola reaching the semi finals of the Champions League.
That is a matter of opinion, but when we consider Derby’s recent decade of managers - Clough, McClaren, Clement, Wassall, Pearson, McClaren Mk2, Rowett, Lampard and Cocu - I believe such factors as signings and other transfer dealings, quality of football played, squad building and legacy to be crucial when assessing the performance of a manager.
So...looking at the situation as a whole...are we any better off now than we were under Nigel a decade ago? Who should we have stuck with? Who has offered the most...and been the most disastrous...and of course - although it’s very difficult to be certain whether we’re going to be wealthy or impoverished in the years ahead - who comes next?
P.S. There are no right or wrong answers...only opinions.