tbf Brown was before my time, Stokoe was the first one I remember properly and I think he took over from Brown's second stint.
Only Roy Keane could go to an interview looking like he's been on a three day lash up and still get the job.
Or "we'll compromise our principles to accommodate a PR exercise". To be fair to them, it may well be a PR exercise that works wonders. At the time he was appointed, I thought the "short, sharp shock" of di Canio would do the trick, and it did keep us up, so this might have a similar effect.