Gutted the way this has turned out in the end, leaving in this way. I'm not going to pretend I know or understand any of the reasoning behind your going...it's a shame it's come to this really. I am upset, & disappointed, & even angry!
All I can say though is "thank you" for the most exhilarating 5months of the club's recent history.
Good luck with Huddersfield.
PUSB
Funny, I was thinking of posting something with the same title.
Mine would have gone something like this:
Dear Mark,
Napoleon Bonaparte once said: "A leader is a dealer in hope."
Many of us Sky Blues fans are angry and upset at you right now. Deep down, most of us know football is a fickle business where many of those involved look for simple routes to success and the best financial return. In the cold light of day that is understandable; football careers can be nasty, brutish and short.
But you must understand you awoke something in many Coventry City fans that had lain dormant for nearly a generation. You kindled our flames of hope.
The embers of hope never truly go out and at certain moments they flicker briefly into life. For me, they glowed hot when Eric Black was here but our board quickly dampened them again.
But you, Mark, were different. You seemed to be the first real leader we've had for years. You were our dealer in hope. The embers were not just glowing, but the flames of hope were beginning to glow brightly for Sky Blues fans. We were close to Wembley. We were hunting down a play-off spot. We had a manager who seemed to know how to manage and seemed to speak with a refreshing honesty. We sung your name and stoked that fire.
Then, without warning and contrary to your professed allegiance to our cause, you threw a pale of water over that fire and walked away. I'm sure you have your reasons and they may be valid. But you, our dealer in hope, dealt us darkness once more. That is why we are angry and upset right now.
