It isn't baffling, it's probably down to the fact that he: a) isn't half as good as he (and a few on here) think he is, and b) showed no respect to TB and this football club towards the end of his time here. He gave us some enjoyable moments, he gave us some absolute dire moments too. If he was...
Poyet could have paid Murray what he was after and our season could have been very different. Could have been, not would have been. Poyet wanted a marquee signing so we got CMS to stoke his ego.
Poyet has proven himself to be very limited as a manager/head coach, he lets his ego rule his head...