Derek Adams new Morecambe manager

[Bristol Rich]

Definitely a mistake to sack Adams, perhaps our Chairman should have followed the Bury example as they didn’t sack their manager when the team got relegated.

The only reason you can give for saying it is a mistake is because of your personal relationship with Adams. You have no other logic for explaining why a manager who after 4 seasons had advanced the club no further in the league pyramid should stay. There is no way that squad should have been relegated last season, the whole campaign was a farce and quite rightly Adams and Wotton were removed.

If Lowe bought you lunch would that suddenly make him a top class manager in your eyes?

 

[Argy1e]

Totally different situations HC.

That was Lowe’s first season as a manager. Last seasons was Adams’ 4th just at Argyle. Lowe inherited a Bury side struggling & full of players he didn’t want, whereas Adams signed every player in last seasons team and the year before we’d finished 7th.

Lowe also took over midseason and Bury had already gone through two managers that season. They were a mess. The two situations are not even slightly similar.

 

[Mike Charlick]

Totally different situations HC.

That was Lowe’s first season as a manager. Last seasons was Adams’ 4th just at Argyle. Lowe inherited a Bury side struggling & full of players he didn’t want, whereas Adams signed every player in last seasons team and the year before we’d finished 7th.

I was behind Adams for longer than most, pretty much up until the latter stages of last season, but it became clear that the situation was irreversible, as was the atmosphere, team morale, the fans-manager relationship, the media-manager relationship etc all seemed at an all time low, a change had to be made. Had a change not been made, not only would results have potentially continued to suffer, but ST sales would have suffered as well, the general mood around the club would have been a negative one going into a new season.

Simon Hallett did not panic, he made the right decision, and now we’ve got a good, young, ambitious manager we should ALL be getting behind, and the mood around the club feels upbeat.

Agree with what you say, although I think "young and ambitious" are red herrings. I'm sure Adams is ambitious & there's only 3 years between him & Lowe. The difference in philosophy is the key difference imo.