Greatest BHA Managerial Accomplishment?

[Deano's Invisible Pants]

I'm intrigued to know which managerial achievement NSCers regard as being the greatest in our recent history. I'm talking about footballing achievements, particularly taking into account what they inherited and what they delivered.

Poll to follow.

 

[Frutos]

Gritt.

Had he, Reinelt, Storer et al not achieved what they did, Adams, McGhee and Slade would never have had the chance to do what they did.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Easily Gritt. Given the circumstances at the club, the protests, selling the Goldstone etc etc, what he did was nothing short of a miracle considering the squad he had to work with

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Very well constructed list and hard to choose,but i think Baldy No1 just takes it.
This is why i LOVE supporting the Albion,never a dull moment.

 

[sir danny cullip]

Whilst the consequences of failure might not have been as dire as the Hereford season MM's acheivement was fantastic.

 

[Simon Morgan]

I remember being VERY pleased when we persuaded Coppell to stay after relegation. Had the stadium been sorted out, we would have progressed very nicely under him IMO

 

[The Peanut Roaster]

Steve Gritt, no doubt.

I firmly believe if we'd have gone down at Hereford, this football club would be not be as it is now.

I think we must remember also, that a lot of us were anti Gritt to start with, for taking those wankers bellotti and archer's pound.

So while Potato man Slade has done a truly remarkable job, what Steve did, given all the circumstances at the time, did the impossible.

I, for one, will always be gratefull to him.

 

[Deano's Invisible Pants]

The joy of this poll is that all of these guys are Albion legends in their own way. For me it has to be Stevie Gritt. A bit like Russell, he is nowhere near being the greatest Albion manager in terms of getting in the national lime-light, but his achievement was simply incredible. My second choice would be Mullers, but then he had loads of moolah to play with. And Peter Ward.

 

[chez]

I think Gritt's achievement slightly outweighs McGhee's but Mark is a definite second for me.

 

[supaseagull]

Steve Gritt all the way for me...Anyone who puts anything else either wasn't around or was on Uranus at the time.

When he took over he had the entire fanbase against him, a 10 point deficit at the bottom of the league and had a team of players who'd lose against my Under 7's team but he turned it around and we stayed up...Legend!

 

[withdeanwombat]

At the moment 58% have the right answer.

 

[The Large One]

Billy Lane.

Over 100 goals in a season - twice.

 

[GT49er]

Sorry all you Gritt fans, but it has to be Mullery for me. The sheer ecstasy of the Albion's result being the first one read out by James Alexander Gordon on Sports Report has never been surpassed!
Mike Bailey should be in with a shout too, in retrospect, but like many other supporters at the time, I didn't appreciate how good that was (probably partly because we were playing in second-hand Chelsea strips at the time, not the stripes).
Pat Saward should be in there too, for the sheer joy of the football the team played in 71/72.

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

gritt






true grit

 

[Gwylan]

Pat Saward should be in there too, for the sheer joy of the football the team played in 71/72.

Yeah, I'm surprised at that omission - he would have been my choice. Had little money but got promoted with a team that played decent football.

My choice was a close call between Gritt, McGhee and Lloyd. I opted for the last named as we were in financial straits throughout his reign and to get even near the Prem was some achievement.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Well you could split it into two groups,

Manager that got us out of the shit. (Steve Gritt)

Manager that built a successful, winning team that actually achieved something. (Allan Mullery)

 

[GT49er]

My choice was a close call between Gritt, McGhee and Lloyd. I opted for the last named as we were in financial straits throughout his reign and to get even near the Prem was some achievement.

Didn't notice Lloyd on the list when I quickly scanned it - but, yeh, he certainly deserves a shout too.

 

[Rookie]

argh Mullery or Melia decisions decisions

 

[Zesh Rehman]

Well during my time as a fan its got to be McGhee keeping us in the Championship.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Gritt, but it was a season before my time.

So I voted Adams for getting us out of the old division 3, massive achievement.