How`s he getting on since his move to greener pastures?

Thought we could keep an eye on him & have a good laugh at his expense when opportunity arises.

I cant see him turning them around this season anyway ,if at all.

Likely headlines after the 7th consecutive defeat " Rod Petrie kicks in Butchers new office door!  "

All depends on how the 'notice of termination' clause is written. It may well read that  on notice of termination a sum equal to salary to end of contract will be paid. Usually this is paid as a lump sum as in £5 million to David Moyes but if the club doesn't have the cash at hand then they will pay on regular basis until they can sign of the deal. These sort of contracts also happen in other business. Usually for top managers.

The thing about the Butcher case is that he wasn't sacked by the people who hired him but by the new chief exec who decided he wouldn't fit into her way of running a club.

They obviously didn't put any sacking clauses in his contract (i.e. in the event of relegation). IIRC Moyes was fired as soon as it became mathematically impossible for MU to qualify for Champions League because of such a clause. Another schoolboy error from Petrie and co, although to be fair the odds of it actually happening seemed so remote at the time, I don't blame them.

 

This would be a good time for Butcher to take a sabbatical away from management. Hopefully he's using the time to write memoirs about his time as ICT / Hibs manager, that would be a cracking read.

Edited July 13, 201410 yr by AlexJones

I don't think Petrie can be blamed. Remember ICT were flying and Butcher's stock was high. His negotiating position was such that he and/or his agent were hardly likely to agree to such a clause.

Hopefully he's using the time to write memoirs about his time as ICT / Hibs manager, that would be a cracking read.

I agree, although he'd undoubtedly word it to make himself look good.

Most managers contracts are for a fixed term or rolling one year. If he is sacked before the end of his contract term, without an agreed termination clause, his employer is normally only obliged to meet their contractual payments to him as and when they are due. This being the case, a lump sum payment (vastly less than the total sum of the contract remaining)would be negotiated between the parties. It is very unlikely that any club would pay up a contract to the original end date. The fact he was sacked by people who didn't agree his contract is totally irrelevant as the business (club) has the liability .

Edited July 16, 201410 yr by caleyboy

What we have to remember is also that Butcher's stock had sunk very low at the club (lost the dressing room etc.) that retaining his services as Manager was hardly an option. If they did not foresee such a slide in the club , and his fortunes, then management must take a large part of the blame for ignoring this possibility and drafting terms in the contract to cover such an eventuality such as his early failure and demise.

 

It's likely that a negotiated settlement will result because we are sure that Terry Butcher is unlikely to want to  be very difficult about sticking to the very letter of his contract since he failed and doing so  might hurt his future chances of another management post.

 

He's a talker so maybe the best bet for him is to find a position on T.V. I don't think his prospects of another management job are rosy in the near future, though.

Sorry for reviving this old thread - well I'm not actually, cos it still makes great reading

 

I was surprised to see the other day that Steve Marsella is still at Hibs - but he has effectively been demoted, now reporting in to Graeme Mathie who Alan Stubbs has brought in to be responsible for scouting and recruitment.

 

It appears that Stubbs was pretty appalled at the scouting set-up he inherited, saying that player recruitment will no longer be done "based on Wikipedia and one person's opinion."  Ouch!

Marsella`s on sick leave , seemingly !

What a sorry situation!

Could be that Steve Marsella has... stubbed... his toe?

Well why not, Roy ?  

With Motherwell apparently upsetting Big Terry, and forcing him to withdraw, does anyone think he actually feels more confident that he can complete the treble relegation trick at St Mirren? Motherwell look too strong to go down.

Apparently he thought he was getting the Motherwell job. He then wanted more information and then got the impression he wasn't the man they wanted so he's pulled out before he could get rejected. 

 

St Mirren bound? 

Edited December 11, 201410 yr by ICTRoughi

Ibrox bound ? Temporary cheap option ?

Teddy..Terry..Teddy..Terry..mmmmmmmm....

McCall more likely though.

Edited December 13, 201410 yr by Tichy_Blacks_Back