Sortmeout Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) Watching Sportscene last night I was thinking not just about the massive fall from grace that Calum Davidson appears to be going through just now but also the speed of the rise of his success. I don’t think there will be any manager who can match his record (outside of the old firm maybe with Lennon or someone in his first season) of coming in and immediately winning 2 cups so I’m not expecting examples like that but who else comes close to him in terms of immediate success and then massively falling away. I’m struggling to find anything even remotely similar for Kilmarnock in my time supporting them, we only got the good half of that roller coaster I suppose with Bobby Williamson who went from reserve team manager to Scottish Cup winning manager in around 7 months but then of course maintained a good record with us through the rest of his time before moving on. Edited January 23, 2022 by Sortmeout 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark Knopfler Posted January 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2022 You've posted this in the wrong forum m8. Your team is in the Championship. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Stuart McCall’s final season at Motherwell. Getting papped out by an Icelandic mob in Europe to condemning us to the bottom two pretty much all season. All coming after consistently finishing in the top 3 and 2nd and qualifying for Europe. He made up for it of course in the playoffs at the end of that year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Stubbs failed to get Hibs up, but had a generally positive two-year spell to start his managerial career including a cup win and another final appearance. Not sure in 2016 anyone would have predicted his stock would fall so quickly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 See yourself out Calum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 The Jack Ross graph would be another classic inverse V shape. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said: The Jack Ross graph would be another classic inverse V shape. Danny Lennon too. There's a common factor here........... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Tom Hendrie was the first one that came to mind. Quite a rapid rise through the lower leagues culminating in our 1st division win in 2000. He was a highly rated young gaffer at the time. From there it sort of all falls off a cliff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMCs Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 What about John Collins? Won the League Cup with Hibs then about 2-3 years later couldn't get a job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, DMCs said: What about John Collins? Won the League Cup with Hibs then about 2-3 years later couldn't get a job. I imagine Collins being a massive fucking bellend has more to do with why he doesnt have a job rather than his actual abilities as a manager/coach. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Aston Villa's Tony Barton won the European Cup and Super Cup but was sacked two years later when Villa finished 10th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Sandy Clark took us to third, a LC final, a SC semi final, UEFA Cup qualification for the first time in 27 years. He oversaw a big drugs scandal at the club and got us relegated (and got sacked before it was confirmed as I recall) a couple of seasons later. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 hours ago, VincentGuerin said: Stubbs failed to get Hibs up, but had a generally positive two-year spell to start his managerial career including a cup win and another final appearance. Not sure in 2016 anyone would have predicted his stock would fall so quickly. Not sure that’s true. I’m not surprised at all his career went the way it has. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, djchapsticks said: Tom Hendrie was the first one that came to mind. Quite a rapid rise through the lower leagues culminating in our 1st division win in 2000. He was a highly rated young gaffer at the time. From there it sort of all falls off a cliff. Yep, exactly where my head went after reading the OP. Highly rated enough for that now-legendary five-year contract to deter potential suitors. Totally stitched, of course, by the loss of his transfer budget so we could make pointless ground improvements, but his managerial record is pretty much non-existent after leaving us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Before anyone says Jackie Mac - he absolutely lucked out in having our greatest group of players probably ever in 2013-14 and 14-15 and managed to get a 5th place and a Cup final with them. Before managing to punt out the Head of Youth Development and then spend a ridiculous amount of money on diddies that got us relegated - Robbie Muirhead (£200k) and Billy McKay (£275k). Absolute charlatan of a manager. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Thomas Courts had us on 25 points after 15 games despite being a total unknown at this level. If our league form continues, we should have 25 points after 38 games. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Thomas Courts had us on 25 points after 15 games despite being a total unknown at this level. If our league form continues, we should have 25 points after 38 games. And you still wouldn’t be in the bottom two. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snifter Pee Rot Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Stubbs almost won two cups in the Championship and where is he now. I reckon Davidson just got lucky he came up against Jack Ross. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaa Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Ivan Golac at Dundee United. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 minute ago, aaa said: Ivan Golac at Dundee United. The cup win masked the fact that we very nearly got relegated that season. Delayed the inevitable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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