Moyes would certainly be interesting. I'd assume he'd have to convince Levy that he can play attractive football and still be a success when taking out of the style he has used to get success at Everton. Because I think it will be important to Levy to have someone that can have the team play good football. He will know that if it isn't addressed, the fans will be on his back quickly, the atmosphere will become pretty toxic, and that can be hard to shake off. McLeish has never had a chance at Villa for example.
It will be interesting because I'd like to know if there are any previous examples of a manager not typically known for playing fluid football at a smaller club, then joining a club that almost demands it, and succeeding. Has it ever happened? Has it ever had the opportunity to happen? Part of me thinks that managers simply know football, they don't only know one system. I'd bet if Wenger had a gun to his head, he could coach a team to play like Stoke. He'd know 'how' to do it, but he obviously wouldn't want to and doesn't need to. I'd have to believe Moyes would know 'how' to coach a team to play in an attractive fashion, and it would just be whether or not he wants to. The style Everton play could simply be because he took them over when they were struggling in the league, and they had a certain type of player, and he has simply bought players to fit in to that style and constantly evolve it, rather than attempt a dramatic upheaval when he hasn't had the money to do so.
The other point to consider something that the Guardian brought up after we played Everton. Moyes is considered to be a reactive coach, where as Redknapp is proactive. Redknapp lets other teams worry about us, while Moyes is always focussing on nullifying opposition threats. As shown by literally having Coleman follow Bale where ever he went on the pitch. Everton's attacking shape didn't matter as much as stopping Bale. Neither approach is right or wrong in the grand scheme of things, but it has to be thought through as to whether the Moyes approach suits a club like ours. Teams come to WHL and sit back, expecting us to try and break them down. If Moyes has built his reputation on being one of those teams that frustrates opponents, can he change? Can he be proactive? Even if he could, would we want to risk it here? We'd be hoping Moyes could change his natural tendencies, or at the very least asking him to use an approach that isn't consistent with the one that gained him success anyway. In that sense, someone like Rodgers may be more appropriate. He would focus on perfecting the system that we run, rather than worrying about stopping the opposition more. In that sense, he may be more suited to a club like us.
I think Moyes is a great manager. For Chelsea, I think he'd be pretty good. They have played a more rigid style and their fans didn't seem to mind as long as it gained them success. Their squad even seemed to reject and be highly uncomfortable with the more fluid offerings of AVB. I respect Moyes and maybe he would do a good job here. Maybe he could be more proactive and less reactive. Maybe he could play a style of football that would appease the fans and keep a more healthy atmosphere in the stadium and around the club. But why risk it? We'd be asking him to do things that he hasn't really demonstrated he could do at Everton. And that isn't his fault, he's just had a different set of objectives and constraints to work on.
I think there's a new breed of managers that would suit us more. I think Rodgers would suit us down to the ground. I think Poyet would suit us. They don't have Harry's experience but we are perhaps losing points because Harry has some old beliefs that he doesn't see the need in changing. He doesn't rotate as much and maybe that's costing us. Lambert completely outclassed him tactically - maybe there are new ideas floating round in the game and these new coaches are implementing them well, and maybe we need to get in on it and take the risk before anyone else so we can reap the benefits before these ideas become more commonplace.
