Because none of them are given the chance. Clubs would rather have someone unproven that either has a reputation as a former player or has coached a bit alongside a successful manager than appoint someone who has been successful in lower leagues. There's loads of supposedly top managers who fail miserably.
Yeah it's not a great look. I can understand wanting to get out of Sheffield Wednesday right now, but this isn't the first time he's been busy putting his name out publicly. It's not the sign of a truly professional person
Personally I agree about the league 2 promotion thing, I don’t really consider it as relevant to us. If the level of competition had no impact on a manager/coaches ability to succeed then surely we’d see lower league managers going to Chelsea etc? Fact is not many of them do make the step up from that level.
Yeah my consideration criteria for Rohl vs Edwards and Edwards vs Cooper is definitely different, which perhaps isn't totally fair, but I justify it by then taking over clubs in very different positions. Sheff Wed were newly promoted and weren't putting up a fight, whereas Luton had been very good and their manager was poached by a Premier League side. I'm absolutely applying a comparison that you can poke holes in easily.
As for the level part, I mean I wouldn't consider Phil Parkinson because he's done so well with Wrexham in the lower leagues. His record at Charlton, Hull and Bolton in the Championship isn't great and I'd use that as more of a yard stick myself.
I mean it's all opinion, there's no scientifically correct answer.
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