Interesting that people think that DM could have performed better without GJ's influence, & yet DM was happy to wait for him. ( For some considerable time & including granting GJ permission to take a holiday before he joined us)
IMO GJ was a vital cog in DM's coaching & management team.
I agree, fans will look for reasons to mitigate a club legends part in tactics that have been, at the very least, questionable.
But Jones and Darren go back along way in their playing days, room sharing and obtaining their coaching badges together I understand. They became good friends during their playing days at Doncaster, I read somewhere.
They both shared a footballing philosophy and culture and would talk long into the night when playing together about coaching etc.
Above all, they trusted each others judgement implicitly in all matters football. So, it is somewhat a slanted view, IMO, to point the figure at one partner in a joint venture that was to their mutual benefit and that of the clubs, albeit one was recognised as being senior in the management structure. If one had to leave then they would both leave, that was the strength of their relationship IMO.
