When the Assistant Manager takes over!
I have Mick Cooke and Harry Kenny in mind as I write this.
Often when the manager gets sacked the assistant gets the nod, for a while or longer perhaps. Im interested in other peoples opinions in this or other cases.
One aspect is that usually the manager has originally chosen the backroom staff and then suddenly the manager alone gets the sack and the assistant gets the job - what does that do for their future relationship? Another thing to think about is how good an appointment is someone who had a big influence on a team that was on a bad run prior to the sacking? Does the assistant sit on his hands a bit during the bad run or has he ideas and a philosophy of football, all of a sudden, that differs totally from the manager and they are at loggerheads for a period of time before the sacking?
Any examples of a sacking where the assistant moved up and was relatively successful?