Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

[MartyFunkhouser]

I've explained why I think this (know it's not a post directed to me but no doubt I'm in your thinking re Levy diehards)

Lewis's stepped in > appointed Charrington > internal review > RC and other team-Levy staff leaves > Vinai comes in > Vinai front & center of all the presentation of Thomas Frank talking up the process of his appointment > Levy is shuffled off once season is underway > Vinai sticks with manager despite long run of poor form

I think it's a fairly uncomplicated take on that run of events that the Lewis's wanted Levy gone and the summer was essentially a handover process from the old guy to the new guy (Levy to Vinai) and that if that was the plan that they would want their guy making the big calls vs the man they are moving on.

I mean alternative to me takes more suspension of belief/raises more concerns...

Internal review is conducted but they don't pin point Levy as a problem so allow him to carry on making the biggest decisions then after one summer window they pull a 180 and realise he's the problem? I mean how thorough was the review in that case and why should we believe that any plans made since are any more well thought through? If Vinai wasn't the main man in waiting upon appointment what makes him the man to do the job now?

The first scenario is surely the preferable reality, no? They conducted their review and moved quickly to make the changes at the top level that they wanted to

The most balanced take I've read. Beyond the fact that people are ignoring what Vinai readily admitted, logic dictates there was more than just Levy making the decisions last summer otherwise whats been said after makes a mockery of their own process. The Lewis family didnt come to the Levt exit conclusion at the end of the window, it was clearly planned, so why give someone you are going to oust so much control still? Thats no defence of Levy, just sound logic

 

[Gazza]

Na il on the head. Any club that changes managers/styles as often as we do over the last few years is always making it hard for themselves.

Worked alright for Chelsea for a long time as with Real Madrid etc … only difference is they actually have intent in the market

 

[glasgowspur]

Think you're making a lot of assumptions there that run contrary to what we know. You said it was Levy's decision. Vinai said:

"We ran a really, really thorough process at speed,” said former Arsenal chief executive Venkatesham.

"We defined 10 characteristics that we think are important to be a successful manager at Tottenham Hotspur. We analysed in real detail through our technical staff led by [technical director] Johan (Lange), more than 30 candidates."

“We had a shortlist, we spent a lot of time with the shortlist, and Thomas was absolutely the number one candidate. I could not be more excited to have him join the club."

No one said it was exclusively his decision. He had a hand in it, Levy had a hand in it, Lange had a hand in it. He's answerable for that decision and I'd love to know now why the style of football is important enough to mention but either wasn't part of his 10 characteristics or he was part of a decision where they got that bit spectacularly wrong.

I think it was a WE decision, and that's why it was so bad.
Everyone got what no one really wanted.
On the face of it it's difficult to find a negative with Frank, the reality was different.
I suspect the others interviewed all had at least one thing that cast a doubt with one of the WE.
Frank was the only one they could all agree on, no of the WE were willing to put their balls on the line for their choice, so we ended up with Frank.