As previously stated on this website, Leicester City could do a lot better than Gary Rowett. However, the Foxes board could also make a much worse appointment.
Nevertheless, the Blue Army's general consensus appears to advocacy not keeping the former Fox as manager. It is the right call.
According to widespread reports, the 52-year-old is not being considered viable by the powers-that-be on Filbert Way anyway. That is right choice too; fans wanted Rowett to succeed but his own shortcomings, coupled with a squad that proved to be profoundly mediocre on average, ruined their chances.
Yet Rowett isn't letting the LCFC post slip through his hands that easily. He appears prepared for a fight - indeed, showing more scrap than his terrible players exhibited throughout this dismal season.
Leicester City boss Gary Rowett rivals Malcolm Tucker in the spin stakes
Spin, canvassing and lobbying are the only words to describe Rowett's current self-serving remarks; which have reached a level of government-tier PR manipulation. He displays an almost breathtaking lack of shame in labelling City's contemporary state of affairs as "a fantastic opportunity".
"I’m like any manager, I see a fantastic opportunity here,” Rowett said. “I think there’s going to be some big decisions and it’s going to need someone, in my opinion, brave enough to make those decisions."Rowett - pa Media
Such a claim is audacious, mirroring the laughable and detached comments made by his players following the Blackburn Rovers fixture.
Naturally, this is a time to rebuild, yet the club possesses only the most basic and minimal materials with which to construct a functional future.
"...so of course I’d like that opportunity. I think what’s more important is less about me and more about the club getting it right because it’s a fabulous football club.
“I’ve enjoyed the 14 games. It’s been tinged with frustration and disappointment that we’ve actually played well in a lot of those games"
To suggest a simple renovation is intellectually dishonest: "destroy and rebuild" serves as a far more profound, poignant and perturbing metaphor for the East Midlands outfit's dreadful situation. As the hierarchy navigates this existential crossroads, they must resist the siren song of Rowett's narrative.
"Of course I’d like the opportunity to rebuild this and I think I could be exactly what the club needs."
The club requires a visionary capable of navigating the wreckage whilst rebuilding, not a strategist attempting to polish old silver while the ship remains firmly submerged. Rowett's overtures are mere noise in a city microcosm desperate for a coherence.
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