tmesis elrey Ince has proven himself to be a manager who makes a hash of things after a short period of time.
Has he? Or has he just tended to be at clubs where the odds are that failure is likely eventually?
Let's take a look.
Took over Blackburn for the 2008/2009 season. They'd finished 7th in the Premier League under Mark Hughes the previous season. They did have a 9 game trott of one win, three draws, Ince took over, got three wins in his first 6 games, then went on an 11 game run of no wins, three draws. 6 defeats in a row, they finished 15th, Allardyce came in and managed 7 defeats for the rest of the season, beat Wigan 2-0 after Ince lost 3-0 to them. Finished 10th under Allardyce the season after.
The next season, back at MK Dons, they'd finished 3rd the season before in League One. Finished 12th under Ince. Had an 11 game spell at the end of the season with no wins. Finished 5th the season after under Karl Robinson.
Then off to Notts County, they'd gone up from League Two the previous season, so a little difficult to compare, took Ince about a month to get the team winning, got 4 wins out of five and a draw. By March the losing streak happened, 10 losses in 11 games, though three of those were after he got fired, then they got 2 wins, 2 draws and a defeat in the last 5 to finish 19th, they finished 7th the season after in League One.
Blackpool, truly awful season for them. a 14 non winning run before Ince took over. He got three wins and two draws from his 15 games that season. Three wins up until his sacking in January the next season. He didn't improve the team and they finished bottom by a long way. Can't blame Ince for this one and it doesn't show him getting results then losing it.
But to sum up, he took a team that had finished 7th and had them way down in 19th. Allardyce brought them up to 15th then finished 10th the season after.
Ince messed up.
MK Dons had finished 3rd, he had a mare, then they finished 5th the season after.
Ince messed up.
Notts County, Ince got them playing, then saw a bad run, the season after they finished 7th.
We could also look at Macclesfield where they finished one place above relegation, though Ince probably saved them, but had a poor run of one win in their final 6 games which never saw them in much danger as the other two teams were 12 points or more off the pace.
So, I'd say no, Ince didn't take teams that were perpetual failures. Blackpool, yes, other than that, no. He sometimes got the teams playing, but then hit a patch where he simply struggled to get results, massive non-winning periods before getting fired, and the records of those who took over from him are BETTER than his.