Mick's the ideal man - Moxey
Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey has saluted Mick McCarthy for lifting the gloom of Glenn Hoddle's ill-fated regime. Moxey lifted the lid on the dramatic events behind Hoddle's shock exit, and how it plunged the club into a summer of turmoil. But Wolves have hit back with their best start to a Championship season.
And Moxey hailed McCarthy for driving the "complete shift in culture" at Molineux. Moxey admitted he wanted Hoddle to stay and sort out the "mess" he had helped create, but is delighted McCarthy is now boss.
And Moxey revealed how the board only interviewed three people for the Molineux job - McCarthy, Paul Ince and Stuart Gray.
"We like Mick and he likes us," stressed Moxey. "The place feels good, there is a buzz about it. It feels like people have bought into our culture changes.
"But these are very, very early days. We haven't played any of the real contenders yet and we mustn't get ahead of ourselves.
"We wanted somebody who could lift morale externally and internally, and someone who would do the football in the community work and fans forums without it feeling like it's pulling teeth."
Moxey also admits that the Tomasz Frankowski signing was a major disappointment - simply due to lack of goals.
"Rightly or wrong I personally felt that, as Glenn had helped to create the mess, he should help get us out of it," he said.
"It wasn't a successful period for us, and it finished with us failing to get into the play-offs. That and Tomasz Frankowski are the two things that stick in my mind."