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I really felt for Des on Saturday, after a very damaging defeat, he was put on the spot, and he answered every question put to him. I was out of breath just listening to him.

I think that at such a crucial time for the team, Des should focus fully on preparing the players for each match. Maybe the club arrange a weekly recruitment update to be presented by the head of recruitment. Ed could say, "Des has told us which positions that he wants filling, we know the profile / attributes which match our style of play, and we are having discussions with multiple clubs, players and agents"

Then, when put on the spot, Des could say Ed's recruitment update will follow shortly.

In regard to the recruitment of Hackett, like others have indicated, I was hoping for a more experienced head to help Des cope. Let's hope that Faz is around the club offering support / advice.
 
tatabanya said:
Do you think that the clamour for communication is fans wanting to hear more from our manager about prospective new signings?! That couldn't be further from the point, I feel like I hear from Des more than most members of my family. His job title should be Head Coach and Spokesperson.
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He's got an absent management team to cover for, you know.
 
tatabanya said:
If you can’t be bothered to read it, he tells us that they’ve given up on finding a new Assistant to take some of the load of Des, we can hope for an update on the stadium in the coming weeks, but commercially everything is hunky-dory
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Surely for an important announcement like an assistant for Des, you’d have a standalone announcement, but no, uncle tim decided he’d shove it in between a lot of waffle.
 
Nadi- said:
Nothing against the appointment of Chris Hackett.
But to me that statement reads:
after a month of it’s all but lined up, we can’t attract anyone from outside the club.
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I think people are going to read it how they want too. Clearly to me it points out that Des wanted to assess the existing coaching staff first. Seems reasonable. A club doing well when the manager leaves, as opposed to the norm when they are doing rubbish, thoughtful and insightful new coach wants to see the lay of the land first and not rattle things that don't need to be rattled. DB, in my view, given he has managed at different clubs and done well, is confident enough to make his own decision on the matter. If he didn't think Hackett was suitable he would not have been given the role. Clearly he feels the input provided by Hackett is positive and that their relationship as a team is an effective one. I'm happy to trust him and the club on this appointment.
 
Bicester Yellow said:
Surely for an important announcement like an assistant for Des, you’d have a standalone announcement, but no, uncle tim decided he’d shove it in between a lot of waffle.
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I'm absolutely certain that it had been an outside appointment then, yes, you're right it would have a stand alone announcement.
 
Followtheox1 said:
I think people are going to read it how they want too. Clearly to me it points out that Des wanted to assess the existing coaching staff first. Seems reasonable. A club doing well when the manager leaves, as opposed to the norm when they are doing rubbish, thoughtful and insightful new coach wants to see the lay of the land first and not rattle things that don't need to be rattled. DB, in my view, given he has managed at different clubs and done well, is confident enough to make his own decision on the matter. If he didn't think Hackett was suitable he would not have been given the role. Clearly he feels the input provided by Hackett is positive and that their relationship as a team is an effective one. I'm happy to trust him and the club on this appointment.
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Seems strange that we’ve been pursuing other targets in the meantime then
 
We really do need an exciting player announcement to get some optimism back. Everything recently seems to support speculation re tightened purse strings. An exciting permanent signing would be one way to counter that. Until then pessimistic me is going to be fearing the worst...
 
Clearly the candidate who had 3 interviews has backed out of joining a sinking ship
 
Internal candidates for promotion in any industry are often seen as the ‘cheap’ option. Footballers who come through the academy system lag hugely in their wages against a player of a similar age/level of experience brought in from another club.

Cut him some slack and appreciate that he probably had to work extremely hard to convince them of his readiness. Well that or infer from this decision that the money’s running out and won’t be returning until the uncertainly over the stadium is sorted.
 
dickwalton1964 said:
I'm absolutely certain that it had been an outside appointment then, yes, you're right it would have a stand alone announcement.
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On the other side, you'd think promoting an Oxford academy graduate with over 150 apps for the club to, who cut his coaching teeth back where it all started, to a senior job, assisting another Oxford boy nonetheless, would be a good chance for some positive PR. Make a song and dance of it, interview Hackett on what a dream it is, stick some clips on social media of his goals for the club, all the bells and whistles.

Instead it's buried in a 'look how well we're doing commercially' statement from the CEO.
 
tatabanya said:
He wanted to assess the coaching staff before making a decision while actively pursuing other candidates?
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Yes. It seems perfectly reasonable to me to see how the existing coaching set up was/is, how effective the relationships are while looking at other options too. It actually seems, to me, quite important to cover all the bases.
 
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