Oxford United can confirm that Des Buckingham has left his role as Men’s First Team Head Coach.

Club Statement: Des Buckingham Departs | Oxford United Football Club

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Oxford United can confirm that Des Buckingham has left his role as Men’s First Team...

 

This is a real surprise. Seems that getting a club promoted doesn't stop a manager getting the push when fortunes take a dip.

I think that changing a Manager half way through a season smacks of desperation if it is not forced on a club.

Good luck to them if they feel a new man will bring them success, but it is taking a risk that it may not happen.

This is a mad decision tbh. He's got them competing in the Championship and they were written off before the season began. The gap between League 1 and Championship is getting bigger and if you stay up in your first season, that's a good achievement, especially if you have (most likely) the smallest budget in the division. 

A great coach and someone who will no doubt be high on many clubs lists. Makes you wonder ????

From EFL1 where you get 12% of tv distribution monies to the Championship, where they get 80% of tv monies shows how difficult it is. 

I would take Des to #Notts... but in reality I think our owners will review at the end of this season.

He wouldn't come down two divisions to manage Notts. Notts couldn't afford his wage demands.

I don't want a manager who was sacked anyway when we have a perfectly good Head Coach right now who's been doing an excellent job.This anti Maynard hysteria really has to stop. 

Des Buckingham: Oxford United fans react to head coach sacking

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The sacking of Oxford United head coach Des Buckingham has been met with shock and sadness.

I would still take him at Notts 

It's a bit daft, he could have helped them bounce back. I don't see the sense in firing a manager who is good enough to see a side return or at least continue to compete at the upper end of a division they were previously dominant in. If they hope it will be enough to stay up, then they should have shown more faith in Des Buckingham.

I don't think you can expect them to always have better form than they currently do, the Championship is a difficult league and even League One is becoming very competitive with teams that could easily be in the league above. I would have felt more at ease, if I were an Oxford fan knowing that we had a manager who could navigate the league below or continue to build them as an established Championship team.

That's what he seemed to be doing: he has done well with making Oxford fit in amongst much bigger named teams.

These days we can't really say where managers will, or won't go. A managerial job is what pays wages, and I think it's more likely with our current setup that we could attract a manager who has done well at League One level (plus in the Championship) based on the club's ambition. Although, it's beside the point currently because we have Stuart Maynard in charge. The discussion of his replacement only really comes when the club announces his departure, which despite losing my faith in Maynard I really hope he can ride out the storm.