Personally, I believe/hope Tony will realise that he will be throwing (yet more) good money after bad if he perseveres with our current manager beyond the end of Nov. If Sami is gone by then, the new manager will be able to assess the squad in Dec, ready for the inevitable 'tweaking' in the Jan...
But why is that better than sacking Sami and appointing an experienced manager? All your suggestion will do is create tension between the inexperienced manager and his over-qualified assistant.
This. Why is the OP's suggestion better than just appointing an experienced manager? Why is David Burke, the Head of Recruitment, not responsible for the shambles that was our summer of player acquisition? Nathan Jones was 3rd choice at best for the Assistant Manager's job. He should have been...