Perhaps it wasnt a bring back an ex-player experiment, maybe it was a "lets get the best young, up and coming, manager we can afford, who just happened to be an ex-player" experiment. Unfortunately it failed.
By the way, we now have TWO ex-players in charge of the first team, one a defender and the other a midfielder, perhaps we now need someone to work with the goal shy strikers, could SJM be that man?
PS, im not saying SJM should be our manager, far from it, but perhaps there could be a coaching role for him somewhere.