Brian McDermott

[micksoo]

Malky Mackay was at the game yesterday, saw him heading up the stairs from the Albion with our chairman. Maybe not related. 🤔

[MagicSwirlingShip]

Just sack everyone! That’ll work

[Pedantic_Hibee]

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Malky Mackay was at the game yesterday, saw him heading up the stairs from the Albion with our chairman. Maybe not related. 🤔

You just made that up didn’t you?

[micksoo]

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You just made that up didn’t you?

Not at all. Wearing light coloured suit.

[Cameron1875]

The Vente signing has to be on him. Long discussions with Vente flying over to Edinburgh on more than one occasion and given the full sales pitch by Brian. A big financial expense for Hibs in transfer fee and can't imagine the wages will be cheap either.

He's sitting on single figure goals and been utterly useless since October. Yeah, he may have been signed to suit Johnson's system but then you'd need to tell me there was even a system in the first place!

The other mob in Gorgie have a number 9 is on 20 odd goals who has fired them to Europe.

It's painful in comparison and the lack of communication + general transfer plan isn't filling me with confidence.

[SaulGoodman]

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Not at all. Wearing light coloured suit.

Well I wouldn’t imagine he would wear a dark coloured one.

[supermcginn]

I'd give him the managers job he done a great job at Reading in the best league in the world.

[Itsnoteasy]

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I'd give him the managers job he done a great job at Reading in the best league in the world.

Would still be the same $h1t3 players being signed.

[ChuckNor]

The Vente signing has been disastrous for player and club. I imagine we will take a sizable loss in the summer when he leaves (I understand this is desired on player’s end).

[Just_Jimmy]

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The Vente signing has been disastrous for player and club. I imagine we will take a sizable loss in the summer when he leaves (I understand this is desired on player’s end).

Seems standard for hibs.

Sign dross. Dross leaves.

Sign decent player, make them dross, decent player leaves, becomes decent or good at another club.

Sign loan player, is decent, leaves to be decent or good at another club

Sign loan player, is crap, doesn't play or is sent back early.

Sign loan player, is decent, comes back for longer, is dross and leaves.

Think that's roughly how we work?

Oh!

Sign complete no name youngster who's never ready.

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[ShadesLongThrow]

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Malky Mackay was at the game yesterday, saw him heading up the stairs from the Albion with our chairman. Maybe not related. 🤔

Saw him too. Difficult to avoid in a cream suit and tie holding court behind the directors box before kick off.

[bingo70]

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Saw him too. Difficult to avoid in a cream suit and tie holding court behind the directors box before kick off.

I do love a good Malky Mackay debate.

Fwiw I think he’d be good in the job McDermott is doing and I wouldn’t be against him getting a job with us.

I’m aware of his past but I think it’s important to give people second chances. The show racism the red card campaign are happy with him working in football again, as were the SFA when they employed him. Everyone needs to move on from his past imo.

[Jones28]

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He didn't - we've never spoken to him.

Sorry Matty, thought it was you guys.

Did the club ever do an official interview?

It was about 50 minutes long or something?

[Jones28]

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You just made that up didn’t you?

Radio said so too tbf

[Silky]

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You just made that up didn’t you?

Source?

[JimBHibees]

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Sorry Matty, thought it was you guys.

Did the club ever do an official interview?

It was about 50 minutes long or something?

Was on the Hibees buzz. Can get it on Hibs tv YouTube. Good listen

[Unseen work]

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You just made that up didn’t you?

https://x.com/snsgroup/status/1776612876205133842?s=46&t=jmxs-mZWT_cnYbURW-GKJw

[Viva_Palmeiras]

https://www.hibsobserver.co.uk/news/...t-faith-monty/

For me of all the folks we need for stability it’s Brian.
Tying to sort the culture will not be an overnight fix.
Ite bad enough the managers changing - that’s imo one of the problems - the collateral damages it leaves in its wake. The DoF should have that overarching perspective so we hire players for Hibs irrespective of managers (in my view).
Ross fancies himself as a Sporting Director - DoF. Apparently very few have played or managed. Brian has done both. So I’d be careful about ripping it all up and starting again. Unless we want to emulate Aberdeen.

[RIP]

Some on here appear to be confused about Brian's role. He is not Head of Recruitment.

He is the Director of Football. Montys boss. Calvin Charlton's boss. Grant Scott's boss. Beuzy's boss.

If any of the Football departments are underperforming, they have to account to Brian. If the coaches individual performances are poor, then the responsibility for coaching them rests with Brian.

Montys tactics are his weak area. Othet SPL Managers have the beating of him. I want to know what Brian is doing to support Nick.

Can't see anything wrong with asking why he's apparently hiding from the support either.

[Unseen work]

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Some on here appear to be confused about Brian's role. He is not Head of Recruitment.

He is the Director of Football. Montys boss. Calvin Charlton's boss. Grant Scott's boss. Beuzy's boss.

If any of the Football departments are underperforming, they have to account to Brian. If the coaches individual performances are poor, then the responsibility for coaching them rests with Brian.

Montys tactics are his weak area. Othet SPL Managers have the beating of him. I want to know what Brian is doing to support Nick.

Can't see anything wrong with asking why he's hiding from the support.

There a difference between hiding and just doing his job in the background

Personally, I prefer a DoF who isn’t in the press and we only hear from him once a year or whatever

He’s actually done a couple of interviews on Hibs TV before games too

[eastmainsmsh]

[QUOTE=bingo70;7629797]I’ve read that a few times but I still don’t know what it means?!

Regarding McDermott, I’ve been disappointed with what he’s offered so far, I thought his contacts he was meant to be finding unhidden gems from the youth ranks down south and all over the world. His best signings so far have been guys who used to play for him a hundred years ago.

It was seemingly BM that sounded out Vente

[jeffers]

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I’ve read that a few times but I still don’t know what it means?!

Regarding McDermott, I’ve been disappointed with what he’s offered so far, I thought his contacts he was meant to be finding unhidden gems from the youth ranks down south and all over the world. His best signings so far have been guys who used to play for him a hundred years ago.

It was seemingly BM that sounded out Vente

He met with him and his girlfriend and sold the club to him. I’m not sure he actually identified him in the first place, I think that was maybe Ian Gordon.

[RIP]

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There a difference between hiding and just doing his job in the background

Personally, I prefer a DoF who isn’t in the press and we only hear from him once a year or whatever

He’s actually done a couple of interviews on Hibs TV before games too

If the performances of the football departments are anything to go by, there's precious little evidence that he is 'doing his job'. I'm all for 'Unseen Work' as long as something is working.

Where's the proof that he's effective?

[eastmainsmsh]

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He met with him and his girlfriend and sold the club to him. I’m not sure he actually identified him in the first place, I think that was maybe Ian Gordon.

I had heard that BM was scouting for Sunderland and tipped them off about DV

[TheGog]

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The Vente signing has been disastrous for player and club. I imagine we will take a sizable loss in the summer when he leaves (I understand this is desired on player’s end).

McDermott has come out and said Gordon was following Vente for a few seasons. So not his signing.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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Just sack everyone! That’ll work

lts easy to say and it does feel like many folks are thinking this.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

[QUOTE=eastmainsmsh;7630272]

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I’ve read that a few times but I still don’t know what it means?!

Regarding McDermott, I’ve been disappointed with what he’s offered so far, I thought his contacts he was meant to be finding unhidden gems from the youth ranks down south and all over the world. His best signings so far have been guys who used to play for him a hundred years ago.

It was seemingly BM that sounded out Vente

He brought ALF (think it was his first) as he brought more that what we see on the pitch. If you are trying to build something around culture (something I think we all support) that’s a decent start. I don’t think ALF accepts mediocrity.

[RIP]

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Just sack everyone! That’ll work

If you were struggling at work would you be sacked or put on an improvement plan? Would you not be asked to explain how you are approaching the challenges facing you?

Quite often there are extenuating circumstances that explain poor performance. But when a Director of Football has low visibility he cannot be held to account.

Sacking would only ever be a last resort surely?

[CapitalGreen]

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If you were struggling at work would you be sacked or put on an improvement plan? Would you not be asked to explain how you are approaching the challenges facing you?

Quite often there are extenuating circumstances that explain poor performance. But when a Director of Football has low visibility he cannot be held to account.

Sacking would only ever be a last resort surely?

BMcD is accountable to the board of directors. Does he have low visibility to the board of directors?

[MagicSwirlingShip]

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If you were struggling at work would you be sacked or put on an improvement plan? Would you not be asked to explain how you are approaching the challenges facing you?

Quite often there are extenuating circumstances that explain poor performance. But when a Director of Football has low visibility he cannot be held to account.

Sacking would only ever be a last resort surely?

I wasn’t being serious.