Odd one that, the club were making noises about putting a better structure in place around the recruitment process, but whats the point of that if the manager is going to bring in a guy he's worked with in the past and bypass it all - if that's what's happening .
We've learned in the not too distant past that the manager having too much power isn't always a good thing. On the other hand if this guy is good then it might not be all bad.