He had a good innings because he used to do quite well. He's about the same age as Hodgson.
Has Hughes been doing a bad job? We may not see Pardew getting another PL job.
But that was just an exceptionally poor appointment.
The manager merry-go-round is funny, but it's mostly understandable. If you put the best managers in charge of the 20 PL teams, 3 will still get relegated. That doesn't suddenly make them bad managers. Sometimes the players have to take a...
While you are right, managers eventually stop getting chances. I doubt Pardew will be getting another PL job any time soon. Even once golden boy 'arry doesn't get them now. Hughes hasn't made failure a habit yet has he?
As for lower league managers, if they do well enough to get promoted, they...