Agree. When we appointed Evatt we were totally desperate and didn't ask too many questions about his attitude or ability - though to Andrew Casson's credit he probably did.
The second thing we underplay regarding Evatt was Atherton. Despite the God like figure that Evatt impressed us all with during his time, football management these days come in teams and I always felt that Evatt's ability to talk the walk sometimes cast Athertons role into the shadows. The AM will probably spend as much if not more time with the players as the Manager and can be more tuned to the players immediate physical and mental states than the gaffer himself. Atherton had to go with Evatt. He was too valuable not to.
So the appointment of Kelly is quite crucial in my view. The guy has got Assistant Manager written all over his CV and the twinning of him with a young ambitious manager changes my evaluation of the appointment significantly.
