I've heard it suggested that McDermott, Inglethorpe and Ramsey were the ones responsible for the academy growth and coaching and it was actually Sherwood's job to sort out loan deals for the kids, with his actual coaching input only being back in 2008 when he joined us. Take it with a pinch of slat, but if that's the case I wouldn't necessarily say that amounts to "working intensively", and might explain why his job title wasn't one linked to the academy.
At the end of the day, even if he was "working intensively" it was still a massive step up.
Also, the whole talk of a legacy at Spurs irks me. He's got a lot to say about when he's done for us, but where is the man's humility and gratitude? Frankly whatever he did or didn't do behind the scenes is still small potatoes compared to what he's got out of us. He owes his current job to the club, particularly to Levy.
At the end of the day he got the job as an experience and badge free caretaker coach Levy allowed him to talk about being a full time manager and pretty much mouth off without any comeback. He then mouthed off the club, the players and finally the chairman himself in front of the press. Then there's the "wouldn't have accepted it if it was part time" bullshit. At no time while he was with us or since leaving has he talked about how grateful he is for the club giving him his break. Not even once. Instead it's all about how wonderfully talented he is and how he was doing us a favour. That's the difference between an honourable and humble man and a grade A cunt...and we don't need the latter at the club, so I'm glad he's gone.