Daft appointment in the first place, the PL has all these go to managers Pardew, Sam, Hughes. How about finding someone progressive with new ideas and seeing if that works.
Biggest surprise was them giving it him in the first place. The bloke is a serial failure, nothing else.
Was he sacked, or did he walk of his own accord? I was under the impression that he bottled it, not wanting to be seen to have got the Baggies relegated. He wants to protect his CV. He may well have his eye on the soon-to-be-vacant Arsenal job.