I think this is an unfair comparison. Danny and Nicky were very well supported by the board of Lincoln City, and achieved success as a result. Outstanding for two young and inexperienced managers at EFL level. However, their stock was high, and as soon as it became apparent that the football club could not afford to carry on making the losses it was in support of them, they were quick to engineer their passage out, upwards and onwards, and I wish them all the luck in the world. The galvanising effect of the Cowleys brought unprecedented support to this club, the like not seen since the Taylor era when I first began to follow the Imps, indeed they probably exceeded even that.
Michael has arrived at this club with a completely different set of circumstances, the club has to take a breather financially and pay it's way better and build itself up to begin to challenge at League one level. This takes time, wheeling and dealing, knowledge of how to do this and the contacts to be able to achieve the ultimate goal. Micheal has form in this field with Oxford and the players he signed and nurtured who went on to bigger and better things with a very nice tidy profit into the bargain ! The board of Lincoln City, in my opinion, are after exactly the same profile. The difference for Michael is that he knows whatever he generates this time will be kept by him to recycle and grow the club. I believe Oxford were not able to support him in the same way with the burden of historic debts they had.
For what the club are looking to do now, I think we have exactly the right manager in Michael, ambitious like the Cowleys, but at this point in time, looking to re-build his own profile and a commitment to the cause with the signing of a contract due to last another 3 seasons yet. Whether the Cowleys might have been better at this than Michael is really immaterial. They weren't prepared to accept this new challenge. Michael is and I, personally, am very happy to have him.
Michael has arrived at this club with a completely different set of circumstances, the club has to take a breather financially and pay it's way better and build itself up to begin to challenge at League one level. This takes time, wheeling and dealing, knowledge of how to do this and the contacts to be able to achieve the ultimate goal. Micheal has form in this field with Oxford and the players he signed and nurtured who went on to bigger and better things with a very nice tidy profit into the bargain ! The board of Lincoln City, in my opinion, are after exactly the same profile. The difference for Michael is that he knows whatever he generates this time will be kept by him to recycle and grow the club. I believe Oxford were not able to support him in the same way with the burden of historic debts they had.
For what the club are looking to do now, I think we have exactly the right manager in Michael, ambitious like the Cowleys, but at this point in time, looking to re-build his own profile and a commitment to the cause with the signing of a contract due to last another 3 seasons yet. Whether the Cowleys might have been better at this than Michael is really immaterial. They weren't prepared to accept this new challenge. Michael is and I, personally, am very happy to have him.