Based on what you have heard/read about DW's sacking

[Icy Gull]

which is obviously not the full picture, what do you reckon you would do in his place?

Not meant to be anything but a bit of fun on a Tuesday morning to gauge NSC posters thoughts a couple of week after the event.

 

[JJ McClure]

Look for a new job.
I hope he doesn't, but it doesn't exactly make you feel wanted does it?

 

[Seagullible]

hopefully stay and take over in 2 years at Falmer

 

[fosters headband]

How could anyone continue to work for a boss who has treated you in this manner. How could you ever again hold any respect for him?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

How could anyone continue to work for a boss who has treated you in this manner. How could you ever again hold any respect for him?

Particularly as it apparent that Dick Knight voiced his concerns to various people that are not employed by the club, when Dean Wilkins seemingly had little or no idea that Dick was set to fire him before results picked up.

I would walk and I feel he deserves better having worked extremely hard for the club over the years.

 

[Wexford Gull]

Just go. Afresh start for all concerned is required.
Come on Dean follow Chapmans lead and keep your pride

 

[Knotty]

Particularly as it apparent that Dick Knight voiced his concerns to various people that are not employed by the club, when Dean Wilkins seemingly had little or no idea that Dick was set to fire him before results picked up.

I would walk and I feel he deserves better having worked extremely hard for the club over the years.

Like most of us I simply don't know what led to this but, sometimes, working hard is not everything.

I once had a job that I worked very hard at....but I wasn't right for it or good at it.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Totally agree with that point about hard work sometimes not being enough. Steve McClaren probably worked hard.

But to be honest, it feels right now as if Wilkins has been absolutely shafted and humiliated by Knight on this one - but the truth is we don't know if it was the right thing to do, and won't for maybe two seasons. If there is gain to beat the pain, you have to give Knight some credit. But it's a huge call.

If I was Wilkins I would look for a new job.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

How could anyone continue to work for a boss who has treated you in this manner. How could you ever again hold any respect for him?

Agree with that.

As I've said before, risky stratergy by Knight. If we're not in the top half dozen at Christmas, the pressure will be on him as well as Adams.

 

[Wardy]

I think it all depends on what he FEELS for the club. He is bound to be upset and if he does not really care for the club then I would take the money and say goodbye. However if like I am sure he does, he loves the club then I think I would stay and try to have an input in to what is going to be a very important 2 years in this clubs history.

Lets face it if he is still here and it all goes wrong, he is in the right place to be able to step in to a caretaker role and prove his worth again.

Though having said all that this is his job and he needs to do the best by his family. Having no idea of his financial or personal situation it makes it hard to decided. But if he needs the cash and he is offered a managers role, even on the same money that we are offering him to be a coach, then I would take it and start my move up the managerial ladder.

 

[Knotty]

Totally agree with that point about hard work sometimes not being enough. Steve McClaren probably worked hard.

But to be honest, it feels right now as if Wilkins has been absolutely shafted and humiliated by Knight on this one - but the truth is we don't know if it was the right thing to do, and won't for maybe two seasons. If there is gain to beat the pain, you have to give Knight some credit. But it's a huge call.

If I was Wilkins I would look for a new job.

You may be right that DW has been shafted, but I can't hold that view without knowing all the reasons why it was done. I have said many times that DK won't have done it for fun; he will have had what he and board believed were solid reasons.

Until and unless we are told what those reasons were, I would prefer not to make a judgement either way. It is too easy to make a judgement with the heart when the head knows nothing.

I have an enormous amount of respect for Dean and I really hope that, if he leaves he will do so quietly with dignity. He doesn't seem the type of person who would leave and vent his anger with public recriminations and revelations, and, if he did that, prospective future employers would not be impressed.

 

[fosters headband]

The thing I find hard to accept in the decision to remove DW was the fact and I think I am correct here, Dean Wilkins did not want the job in the first place.
He was asked to take the job on by DK and the board when he had no experience at this level.
And just when he appeared to be turning the club around he gets removed from the post. It does show that the man at the top can make real cock ups only to put them right at other peoples expense.

 

[Brovion]

Totally agree with that point about hard work sometimes not being enough. Steve McClaren probably worked hard.

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The interesting thing though is that managers (and their chairmen) always say they are in 'the results business'. You see any number of quotes from chairmen after they've sacked a manager along the lines of: "I like Bryan as a person but at the end of the day its all about results .... blah blah blah." In Wilkins case it obviously wasn't all about results; there were 'other things' (hinted at on here but never divulged) that lead to his dismissal - swearing loudly down his mobile during matches perhaps.

TBH I don't think the club either expect or want him to stay; it will be too embarrassing for all concerned. The offer of the coaching role was just so they didn't look like complete bastards; they don't really want him skulking around like Banquo's ghost if it all goes horribly wrong for Adams next season.

 

[Knotty]

The thing I find hard to accept in the decision to remove DW was the fact and I think I am correct here, Dean Wilkins did not want the job in the first place.
He was asked to take the job on by DK and the board when he had no experience at this level.
And just when he appeared to be turning the club around he gets removed from the post. It does show that the man at the top can make real cock ups only to put them right at other peoples expense.

I didn't know that he didn't want the job in the first place. Why did he take it then?

 

[newhaven seagull 85]

stay and learn from experience , come back stronger and more determined to prove dk wrong.

 

[Icy Gull]

stay and learn from experience , come back stronger and more determined to prove dk wrong.

Like OGH tried to do with DW?

 

[Pavilionaire]

Wilkins needs to get a new job. He shouldn't be short of offers because he's done well as a youth team coach and a manager.

Football is a harsh business, so take the money you're due and go.

However bad Wilkins feels Avram Grant must feel twice as bad.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Stay, where else is he gunna get a job.

 

[Icy Gull]

Stay, where else is he gunna get a job.

Harsh

I would think he could land a job at a higher placed club than us.

Imo, we can thank DW for the fact that we have a crop of exciting youngsters and there are plenty of teams who'd like to see the quality that has come through at little comparative expense and a very big part of that is down to DW.

I reckon he'd be well in demand on the youth development side.

 

[B.W.]

Stick around as coach... he won't get a better job...