DOF and first team coach aren't linked.
DOF runs day to day football operations and deals with transfer dealings etc.
First team coach deals with the first team.
So it's not a big deal if one comes before the other or if one leaves and the other stays.
If he's any good with man management and able to adjust his teams to suit he'll be ahead of MW right away, budget shouldn't come into as MW should have done more with the budget he had.
Going by Keith Jacksons column in the record today we might as well not bother turning up, in fact the way he's going on they should just finish the season just now and give brendon all the trophies!
The positive to cling to is we have never lost a semi against them................
The negative is that stat will probably be gone soon
Ps. Stand corrected if i've got that wrong.