Sheffield Wednesday: A League One club needing League One results... enter Dave Challinor
Dave Challinor’s appointment as Sheffield Wednesday boss
Let's deal with the elephant in the room for starters. The conflict between entertaining and winning.
There's an unmissable irony in Sheffield Wednesday sacking Henrik Pedersen predominantly for performances rather than results - by the club's own admission - and his replacement saying recently he favoured substance over style.
Dave Challinor pointed to results being his prime focus - and his career shows he has always got them.
As with all things, opinion included, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
Where, for me, Challinor scored heavily in his recorded comments was in decrying the many coaches who insist on amplifying "their philosophy."
It's a trend in football, fancy talk akin to reinventing the wheel, when, in reality, the "philosophy" talked up is no different to that of the majority of other managers. You know, stuff like pressing and playing on the front foot.
So I found myself nodding along when I read Challinor debunking the phoney mystique of the new football language.
Let's be clear also. Wednesday are right now a League One club needing League One results. Challinor got them at this level for Stockport County, narrowly missing promotion. Just as he did previously at Colwyn Bay, AFC Fylde and Hartlepool. His career win rate of 53% is excellent, especially considering the size of club he's managed to date.
That said, I also like Star colleague Alex Miller's understanding that Arise are looking to imprint a long-term approach rather than a "do-or-die" promotion attempt this season.
Is Wednesday a different animal to, say, Stockport? Indisputably. History, tradition, sheer size of support and weight of expectation makes this so.
You need someone who has the backbone for the job. I'd say strong personality and presence is essential, in terms of self-belief rather than flamboyance or fame. Challinor has displayed that.
Gone are the days when the Owls could attract a Ron Atkinson or Trevor Francis. Or a Sean Dyche in up-to-date terms.
Which is not to say there isn't a conflict between performances and results, applying to whoever had been chosen.
Ideally, fans want both and a club attracting phenomenal support at this level is burdened by special demands when it comes to excitement and entertainment. The new owners themselves have publicly aspired to it.
But Wednesday aren't in an ideal world, are they?
There's no doubt performances have to go up a notch to convert into results in the long run.
But, at a push, it doesn't matter very much how you get them. And Challinor, said to have a liking for "grinding them out", is as good a bet as any to succeed with a chance he fully deserves.