Its this protect your own cliche bull shit that seems to be a common place in a country with papers and such who generally don't hold back on their own citizens. I've covered it in many threads and will say it again - Pardew would have been sounded out as an awful, backwards, unprofessional and shit manager here in the US. Tactic junkies and blogs would single him out and the pundits on the various talk shows and such would absolutely destroy him. You only get "time" if you have a track record here.