His plan is very clear to me. Look at all the loan deals. He wants to use these guys to get us back into CL and then from there we can do much more. More money, more appeal. In the meantime, if a guy like Quagliarella suddenly takes a huge step forward, we have the option to buy him. If not, then at least he helped us make CL (if all things go well).
I'm not going to say he's done a great job but it hasn't been terrible. He has put us in a position to qualify for CL. He's put us in a better position to qualify than we were in last year. And he hasn't broke the bank to do it.
He's done a slightly above average job in my mind taking into account realistic expectations, resources and things like that.
NEXT YEAR, if we qualify for CL, will be the year I really judge him harshly because then we will be in a much better position to get talent and if he doesn't deliver I will be upset. But IMO it's a 2 year process: Find guys to help us now and get back to CL, then next year we can do much more.