Simon Jordan has suggested on talkSPORT that Chris Armas should be following Jesse Marsch out of the door at Leeds United just days after the 50-year-old was brought in to join his coaching staff.
Marsch was sacked on Monday after around a year at the helm at Elland Road. It has been a turbulent spell. And his time in charge has ended with Leeds lurking just above the relegation zone in the Premier League.
It is a huge shame that the appointment has not worked out. But it appears to have been the correct decision given that Marsch was seemingly struggling to take the team forward.
For many of the fans, the change had been on the cards for some time. But it would appear that the board have experienced something of a change of heart.
Leeds enjoyed a very productive January transfer window, signing Max Wober, Georginio Rutter and Weston McKennie. Meanwhile, the club appointed Armas towards the end of last month.
Armas knows Marsch well. So it appeared to be a show of support for the American.
Less than two weeks later however, Marsch has gone. And so have much of his coaching staff. However, Armas remains. And he will be in the dug-out in interim charge when Leeds face Manchester United on Wednesday.
Jordan however, is baffled to see Armas stick around. He was critical of the 50-year-old in a longer answer concerning why the timing of Marsch’s departure was so odd.
“The bringing in of a resource amongst the coaching staff, especially a resource that he’s worked with before, that he will have denoted as someone he wants to bring in, makes no sense to me. Now, these guys are staying, which doesn’t smack of great loyalty,” he told talkSPORT.
“The first thing you do is if a fella brings you in, you go when he goes. So I’m not entirely sure I particularly admiring that fella.
“He should be out the door with the fella who brought him in. But the point is it doesn’t make a lot of sense.”
In fairness to Armas, he has been put in an awful position. He has only just arrived. And even with Marsch under pressure, he would not have expected his countryman to go so quickly.
Like Jordan suggests, everything Leeds did in the January window suggested that the board continued to have faith in Marsch.
It is hard to be too critical of Armas while his long-term future is uncertain. Everything will be clearer once Marsch’s successor has been appointed.
In the meantime, hopefully the interim management team can give a decent squad of players a bit of belief.
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