Excerpt from
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/11/06/the_joy_of_six_terrible_
manage.html

5) Franck Sauzée, Hibernian December 2001-February 2002

Alex McLeish's Hibernian had been beginning to splutter, so when he
grabbed the Rangers job with both hands, it was clear his successor
would be left with a rebuilding job on his hands. Perhaps not the
greatest time to ask your best player to hang up his boots and
embark on a rookie managerial career, then, and even the man
himself - much-loved French defender Franck Sauzée - had
doubts: "Sometimes you see players with great experience who aren't
good managers. I may be the worst manager you've ever seen in
Scotland, you know."

He had that damn straight, though he didn't start too badly; while
two losses and two draws weren't great, the second point came after
a last-minute equaliser in the Edinburgh derby. But the wheels
really came off at the turn of the year: Hibs drew three and lost
four in the league, including four-goal shellackings by Aberdeen and
Motherwell; needed a replay to get past Second Division Stranraer in
the Scottish Cup only to then ship another four in the next round at
Ibrox; and lost the semi-final of the League Cup to First Division
Ayr. After a tedious 1-1 draw at home to Dunfermline left Hibs
second bottom with only a terrible St Johnstone side saving their
utter embarrassment, the die was cast: after failing to win any of
his 12 league games in charge, Sauzée was replaced by Bobby
Williamson, who immediately posted back-to-back 3-0 victories. Hibs
eased away from relegation bother, but nobody remembers the workaday
Williamson with much affection at Easter Road - unlike Sauzée, who
is still a legend at the club despite this utter debacle.

Scott Murray