I'm with you on this. Gareth is a smart guy and throws himself into everything he gets involved with. And he's not scared to think outside the square. I'll take the odd 'own goal' from a relative footballing newbie in exchange for everything else he brings to the game.
Agreed - given his vision of where he wants to take the team, club, and football more broadly; of course they're not going to get everything right the first time... but at least he's putting it out there and giving us the opportunity to put our ten cents worth in too, and - where merited as we've seen he'll take action too - he doesn't believe they have a mortgage on all the good ideas (clearly some do).
I reckon if you look around the A-league (and beyond) that would be very much the exception rather than the rule. And don't start me on the Arsenal!!! lol