It's stupid af to hire a certain type coach with certain ideology how to play football, when you don't have players for it. Coaches should be way more adaptable with the players they have, instead of being stubborn fucks with the pair of blinders on and trying to force your squad play like in your ideal world. I'd never suggest anybody playing without their strengths, just because it doesn't work. I know the board wanted us to play beautiful football, effective football, nice combinations or let's say "modern" football but they forgot the fact that hiring one smoking banker ain't gonna make players suddenly become somewhat skilled individuals.
It's almost every sport you play every coach believes there just one certain way of playing the game, the "absolute" right way or right technique when it couldn't be further from the truth. Max was brilliant with the adaptation, he saw that this is what we have and didn't try to play something we couldn't and it could have been frustrating at times as it was, but in the end it got the job done. We do in fact have the quality in the certains areas of the game, but always aiming for the posession when the best scoring chances are always coming from way different ways. That's the stubborness, that's the exact way to fuck up the game, to be stubborn for what you believe without realizing it doesn't work - atleast with the current players.