Look, Igor Tudor definitely is not as good of a manager - not even a quarter as good - but, in a way, he is becoming to Tottenham Hotspur what Ralf Rangnick was for Manchester United. He is an interim manager with no allegiance to the club, no agenda, and the guts to tell Spurs that their excrement is indeed highly offensive.
Tottenham stinks. Anyone who dares disagree with this statement is clearly not living in this dimension or anything resembling reality, because Spurs now have not won a game in their last 10, earning a meager four points in ten matches in the Premier League. They are still just four points above the drop zone, treading water and now coming off two more embarrassing losses to London rivals Arsenal and Fulham.
Tudor clearly is not the answer beyond this season, and you can forgive any Tottenham supporter who even thinks he is not the answer in this season either. Spurs look no better under Tudor than they did under Thomas Frank before him.
Igor Tudor tells the truth about Tottenham
But there is one key, legitimately refreshing difference between the interim manager and the summer bust. Tudor is at least willing to tell everyone that Tottenham are terrible, are in a dark period currently, and need a lot better from their players while hinting that the grave problems at the club extend beyond the pitch.
Whereas Frank was willing to sit there and tell everyone that Tottenham were playing well when they were not or would even somehow argue that Spurs deserved wins in games they were clearly out played. Frank was the one who was delusional and in a different reality, excusing the inexcusable and lowering the standard at a club that already slumped to 17th in the Premier League last season.
Tudor has nowhere near the tactical acumen, scouting eye, or overall talent and charisma of Rangnick, who was doomed to fail by an arrogant Manchester United that needed a literal change in ownership and Michael Carrick to be saved. But like Rangnick, he has no interest in sucking up to a room full of incompetents, and he would rather tell the truth every fan can see plainly in front of them: Tottenham are a mismanaged mess and produce some of the worst football in Europe's top five leagues.
The first step is admitting the problem. Unlike Frank, Tudor is admitting it, and while you could say that Ange Postecoglou already did before him, that was with Daniel Levy. Now that Levy is gone and the problem is not, Tudor is making it clear that ENIC, the Lewis Family, Vinai, Johan Lange, and everyone else at the club is part of the rot.