londinium
If you want to add in 2001/2002 when Coppell's Brentford ended up well above Jewells Wigan in the same division then there is another one for Sir Steve...by far the greatest manager that Reading has ever seen!!!!!
Mark McGhee and Alan Pardew both left the club one division higher than when they took over with poorer resources than Coppell has had. Coppell currently has us in the same division as when he took over some five years ago and there is currently no plausible evidence to indicate that we are a stronger squad than when he took over. Therefore, I find your ludicrous claims somewhat far-fetched.
Don't get me wrong, we've enjoyed some good times under him, but I've been downright embarassed to be a Reading fan in the last twelve months given the amount of time Sir Steve has spent talking to club down into a hole, boring the watching public and making shit tactical decisions.