The Director of Football function seems only to work when the mgr has respect for the person doing the job. If Burke was replaced by a Coppell/Jewell figure they would inevitably do it differently as well as better. Barber would presumably help facilitate this, although where that would leave...
The source of TB's wealth hasn't been fully explained but as Paul Barber has made it very clear that TB's investment is 'of his own money' we have to accept that there are no Russians (as implied here) or Asians (as has crossed my mind) involved.
Loose administration in the early days of Tony...