I know that was harsh in the general sense of the word, but they share the similar loser mentality despite Benitez being considerably more successful.
He won with Valencia and started out well with them, but IMO it was mainly due to incredibly strong squad they had (similar to how Rijkaard winning with Barca is mainly due to their insane squad then due to his genius, or how Mancini didnt need to bring out the magic wand to stroll to his Inter wins), have allways been frustrated with his tactics and his flaws has been obvious since day one, winning or losing.
I don't think Benitez that bad...
He is a great coach..
he is not a loser.. he can made 2 CL final and won one of them with super comeback
he also has won FA Cup and Carling Cup with Liverpool
and this season Liverpool played great and i think it can be their year to win the EPL
he also won 2 Spanish title with Valencia..
It's different with Ranieri
Ranieri ruining Valencia when he replaced Benitez although there is no major change in the squad..Ranieri made a disastrous transfer that time (Di Vaio, Fiore, Corradi, etc)
In Chelsea too, when Abramovich first come, Ranieri only bring Chelsea to CL Semi Final, losing to Monaco which plays with only 10 men in 2nd leg and lose
In the transfer market too, they are different Ranieri always made a wrong choice (in Chelsea and Valencia) while Benitez can made a better option to made a new star (he only buy Momo 5 mill from Valencia to Liverpool and bring Momo from Auxerre to Valencia before, Agger, Skrtel, Torres, Mascherano, Vicente, etc)
So i see Ranieri is nowhere near Benitez..Benitez is far a better coach and i like him to become the coach of Juventus