John Kennedy

Maybe he doesn't want to be a manager? I coach a youth basketball team but an older guy who helps takes the games I'm no into the disappointment of the faces of the * ones I wouldnt play.

 

Think ajer had issues with lennon jk kept the team settled

 

I see it more as a dig at Lennon similar to when Mcgregor said about the manager taking responsibility

 

Doubt it..

Kennedy was clearly a big help to him or he wouldn't went of his way to mention him..

 

People want to read anything into that would make it possible that he’s not rated as a coach.

 

Also part of a coaching setup that won 12 trophies in a row under different managers and the players appreciate him.

People can try to explain that away however they want but really, he’s here still and people should just shut the * up about it now and get on with it.

Ange seems happy with him, the players are happy with him, he’s been part of very successful teams before and one failure - being loyal to Celtic isn’t a fault.

 

It could be that he is a good coach.

Comments like this will mean it's still up for debate, and how good he actually is we might never know. I personally don't think he's anything special, evidenced by his abysmal performance in the hot seat last season, lack of forward planning and the way he couldn't sort our set piece defending last year.

Either way, I doubt he's irreplaceable.

The problem with Kennedy is he is too close to the board. He owes everything to them and seemingly has a job for life, which means he will do what they say. If things go well enough for long enough he'll get the manager's job. If the relationship between the manager and the board goes south over time, Kennedy will need to back the board.

It's a bad situation to be in. We all saw what cronyism and nepotism has done to the club.

If he would leave and build a reputation for himself, I would be more trusting of him coming back since he wouldn't 100% depend on the board's good graces.

 

Honestly, I highly doubt he has a relationship with Dom McKay.

 

Being loyal to the Celtic board is, however.

I didn't see a huge amount of loyalty to the support last season when the fences went up. All forgotten very quickly.

 

OK lads so has Ajer been bribed heavily, or is someone holding him at gunpoint? Can't possibly be he said something nice about a coach who helped him develop and meant it.

 

This must be it.

 

Didny see Kennedy going out there putting them up mate. People want him as the sacrificial lamb.

 

Has it ever been the case that a coaching staff have remained in place in their roles with a new manager after a catastrophe like we had last season? At any club in the world?

 

We know from Lennon that Desmond is on the phone twice a week, giving "advice" (I think that was the term he used). You only really need to have a relationship with him.

He's too close to a board that encroaches on the management too much, that's what makes people nervous about him.

It's very easy to be loyal to somewhere you have a job for life and a good chance at the manager's job one day.

We're not asking for something as dramatic as a sacrificial lamb. The club has a huge problem with cronyism and nepotism and removing coaches when management changes over is a common practice. Kennedy himself perpetuated that problem by playing the likes of Brown in dead rubber games when he should've been getting Soro etc. ready for these qualifiers.

I don't know why people make out he'd be hard done by if we let him go.