Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
Hughes has had the same number of clubs as Coleman. So I thus presume Coleman is pretty crap also, given he's been fired as many times as Hughes, right?
Stats don't lie.
Hughes win rate with Wales was 29%. Overall win rate 38%.
Coleman win rate with Wales was 38%. Overall win rate 34%.
That indicates when presented with a set of core players with limited scope to change ( ie Welsh eligible players coming through the ranks ), Coleman was better - coming off an upswing in fortunes under Speed which helped to increase the pool of players. Hughes has dross like Nathan Blake and Hartson, let's not forget.
In terms of running a domestic club, where you can get in the players you want it's clear that Hughes is by far the better manager.
Wales was Hughes' first managerial role. You can expect a first timer to make mistakes. Wales was Coleman's fifth role, after a string of not particularly impressive roles. Hughes achieved win rates in the mid 40% for Blackburn and Man City, two bigger domestic roles than Coleman has ever had - obviously the context there is the team expectations.
The pattern seems to be Hughes started off poorly with Wales, improved domestically with the big jobs and declined in roles that needed a fair bit of fire fighting / being cute with transfers ( Fulham, QPR, Stoke ).
Coleman did ok with Fulham. When players were sold, he struggled - indicating players already there bought in to whatever he was selling, had problems working with revamped squad. Toshack put in a word, swung him the Real Sociedad role. Walked out after falling out with their new President. Got Coventry role, turned them into the worst hoofball side I'd seen at CCS. He left British football, coming out with the incredible statement when doing punditry work on a Sky game "No British chairman would allow me to play the way I want a team to". So he went to a Greek team only to leave when there were money problems.
So, if the choice were out of the two which would be the best to manage Wales at this point in time? Coleman. Manage us? Neither. Neither of them is a patch on Neil Warnock when it comes to building a football team.
Coleman made the choice to chase the money with regards to the Sunderland role. His stock was at it's highest just after Euros. it's fallen since then due to the non-qualification for Russia. The Prem jobs he expected weren't there.
The question will be what he does once he leaves Sunderland. Can see him bouncing around mid/lower level Championship sides if the money is right. Maybe China given the money they throw around.