Ange Postecoglou's selection by Tottenham may represent a marriage made in heaven after a string of unions that were "made in hell."
The doomsayers will point to Postecoglou's transfer from Celtic and claim that Scottish football is second-class and that he is below Tottenham, but that is utter rubbish.
Postecoglou seems to have all the content you would anticipate from your ordinary Australian — entrenched in decency, hard effort, and a no-frills mentality. I hate to generalize about Australians, but I can't help it. He is a balanced manager who won't make everything into a spectacle. He is also calm, focused, and motivated.
Some may argue that he wasn't the club's top pick, but Mauricio Pochettino wasn't either, and that turned out okay.
And following the mistakes made by Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo, and Antonio Conte as managers, Daniel Levy may have found the ideal candidate.
But there's a risk involved. Levy has come under pressure from a vocal minority of Tottenham supporters, and if he makes a mistake here, their discontent may spread like wildfire.
Spurs will suffer greatly if he splits with Postecoglou or if his most recent appointment is met with the same criticisms as previous managers.
In the dugout, Mourinho and Conte acted like spoiled brats, a pair of prima donnas who appeared to think they were too big for the job and who spent the most of their time complaining about something or other.
However, if Postecoglou, who aspires to work for Tottenham and sees the position as a fantastic chance, makes similar claims about the playing roster missing the essential drive to achieve, Levy will be in serious trouble and the ownership may even face existential crisis.
Because I attempt to present a fair argument regarding the ownership of the club, I am frequently accused of working for Levy's PR firm, which he uses as his own personal PR machine. Of course, none of that is true, but I do believe that this appointment is a great fit.
Tottenham needs a manager who is capable of managing the club in three different environments: with the players, with the ownership model, and with the fans.
Mourinho and Conte were not the same personalities we had previously seen at Chelsea and Inter Milan, contrary to what Spurs believed they were getting when they hired them. In an effort to appease his audience, Levy made the error of ignoring the need to win something by including these "winners."
He accepted the notion that the club at the time needed those people. Without reading the person, he read the resume. He did not take into account their personalities or his own failings as an owner in comparison to what they had before.
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