I know that I'm alone in this, but I think it would be a decent appointment. He will clearly have a role in transfers, if he and Carr see eye to eye as is said. Hopefully he will have some influence with the higher echelons.
He's also got a pretty decent track record, and knows the area. My main concern is that he's unlikely to bring back flair football, as can be seen from his hot and cold relationship with Juninho, but given the utter shite we've had to put up with over the past few years I'm willing to give him a chance.