But to get to that last season is a long, long, time in football management.
When his team were fantastic - because they could be - for me it never felt like the new normal.
A pragmatic game was just around the corner and once played it became a hard habit to break.
Right up until the last 7 words!
I think you're right in saying De Zerbi after Hughton wouldn't have worked.
But although his time here wasn't 'nothing special' he was far from fantastic.
A manager doing a fantastic job would have transitioned the team from Hughton to De Zerbi on his own and...
Did he lay any foundations?
Mr Bloom didn't like what he was seeing under Chris.
Mr Bloom had already set his club on its current 'yoof' trajectory.
Mr Bloom chose GPott from the plethora of candidates.
You seem to be saying nobody could have done what GPott did, I doubt that.
In a parallel...
I was basing it on England manager GPott only has to get twitchy about the booooooooos one week every 2 years.
Sure it'll be the whole country booing and not one spotty oik but hey we loves a history lesson.
Each club he's linked with I think 'nah, the fans will eat him alive'.
I reckon the England job is the only one he's really suited too.
I'm not sure he has the emotional intelligence to be a top flight football manager.