If he wasn't unlucky with injuries and Doidge missing his chances, he would probably still be here and doing well.
I liked him even though it didn't work out here. All the best to him.
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Thread: Hecky's at the wheel
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26-11-2021 11:34 AM #31
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26-11-2021 11:55 AM #32
Up there with Butcher and Duffy as my least favourite ever Hibs managers.
Con man who should never have set foot at ER.
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26-11-2021 12:00 PM #33This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It was embarrassing
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26-11-2021 12:04 PM #34
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I was pretty hyped when he came in as I believed his philosophy would revolve around high pressing and intensity. He talked about that but the reality was the opposite and not one of his signings were in that mould.
Might do a lot better with the resources available at Sheff Utd to be fair, where the squad is already good enough for promotion.
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26-11-2021 12:30 PM #36
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26-11-2021 12:43 PM #37
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Hecky is interesting. The players loved him. Tactically he was said to be the best coach many of them have ever worked with . There was high hopes in the board that they had someone special . Yet , the football and the results were stinking .
It just never happened for us or him when he was at the helm.
You wonder if Doidge had scored a couple of those chances up at Aberdeen - would that have triggered a different set of results ? We will never know .
Once he left , victory up at Perth under May & Co, felt like such a wonderful relief .
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28-11-2021 04:24 PM #39
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Good luck to him.
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28-11-2021 04:30 PM #40
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28-11-2021 04:33 PM #41
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28-11-2021 04:51 PM #43
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Really liked the guy, wish him all the success in the world.
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28-11-2021 05:00 PM #45
Suspect they could go on a wee run now and get themselves up near the playoff spots.
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28-11-2021 05:03 PM #47
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Interesting that people say the players liked him. As soon as he left it was like the shackles came off. I often wondered if he gave them to much information to think about in games and that inhibited them.
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28-11-2021 05:49 PM #48This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You’re right of course, he was the worst of the worst.
For all I couldn’t stand PH, he doesn’t come close to Calderwood.
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28-11-2021 05:54 PM #49
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I thought he was a very likeable guy and he's clearly a good coach. Not everyone liked him but that's life. Good luck to him. We've both moved on.
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28-11-2021 05:56 PM #50
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28-11-2021 05:57 PM #51
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Didn't mind him as manager, says something that he's been given that job at that level. Duffy, Mixu, Fenlon and Butcher all far far worse than him.
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28-11-2021 06:13 PM #52
My memory of him was more that what he said is not what was happening on the pitch.....as someone already pointed out, a lot of talk about high intensity, high push....but a team that seemed predominantly slow and on the back foot.
FWIW, I think Hibs are one of the toughest gigs in Scotland for a manager. We are one of the big 5 and expectations reflect that. We have one of the best infrastructures in the country and (relatively speaking) we have a good sized support who turn out to watch the team. That said though, our player budget has lagged behind Aberdeen and Hearts, and is miles away that of the OF. Being a professional sport, you need to pay good money for good players - Heckingbottom (in my opinion) simply didn't have the budget to bring in the players that could play the game he wanted to play.....so he gambled and sadly it didn't pay off.
I wish him well. Success at Sheffield Utd doesn't mean we ditched a good manager and missed out, it just means we let go of a manager whose skill set didn't fit what was needed at Easter Road.
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28-11-2021 06:17 PM #53This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
seriously ? he was sacked just 4 months into an 18 month contract, won just 4 games in 16, and as a veryyy long time follower of all things Leeds i was one of the many thousands glad to see the back of him,hence my big concern even when it was just rumoured Hibs were thinking about him.. a likeable guy though.
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28-11-2021 06:45 PM #55
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28-11-2021 07:37 PM #57
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Mixu and Fenlon got us some good results over Hearts and the OF. Fenlon had a couple of good runs in cup. We were utter crap under butcher, Duffy and Calderwood.
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28-11-2021 09:26 PM #60
He might have come good in the end but made a few critical mistakes.
Loved a 451 that he just didn’t have the players to play. Didn’t understand the need to play in the front foot and attack weaker teams, especially at home. Made a mediocre midfield worse.
Worth remembering how much Doidge struggled at the start under him - and picked up as soon as he had a strike partner.
Hecky had a decent half season up to the summer then a minging start to his second season.
I don’t think he’s that different to Jack Ross and given time he might well have picked up. He was never going to be given that time though and it was right that he went.
Not sure he “got” Scottish football at all.
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