Tbf to Levy, Poch didn't want a DoF and Levy supported him on that.Levy is, and always has been, successful at the running of the business side of the club. He just needs to empower someone on the football side to actually run that side of things - rebuild the scouting department, recruit the players, and sign the contracts within the budget that is sustainable for the club. No different that what Levy attempts to do, just more successfully because they know what the hell they're doing.
Levy's failure is either arrogance or fear of delegation. He needs to understand, admit, and own his limitations. Thats really it.
As you say, the amount of grief he gets is outsized. But some of it is certainly deserved.
It didn't work.
Hopefully he's now seen the light and with Paratici in place we can get our recruitment sorted.
It looks good so far.