Following on from a long serving manager is probably one of the worst job offers in football.
A number of high profile managers have failed to follow the success of a long serving manager, so for rookie boss John Trewick the task is immense. Even the great Brian Clough, with Don Revie very much casting a shadow, lasted only 44 days at Leeds after suceeding the club's longest serving manager with just one win in seven games. Revie had just over 13 years service at Leeds, a few months short of Graham Turner's reign at Edgar Street.
The more recent example happened last season, at Crewe Alexandra. Steve Holland took over from Dario Gradi in a 'gradual transition' beginning in the summer of 2007, but only took full control the following summer. Gradi had 24 years of service with the Railwaymen, bar a month away due to heart surgery in 2003. Holland, given free reign in the summer of 2008, lasted just 22 matches before Gradi returned to replace him.
Recent history is littered with new appointees falling below the expectations set by the predecessors. George Graham's departure at Arsenal saw them burn through four appointments in 17 months before Arsene Wenger arrived, while Man Utd wrote the book for Crewe in returning to the 24 year veteran when Matt Busby's immediate sucessor failed the task by mid-October.
Does history make John Trewick's task an impossible job?