Ange Postecoglou got the job at Nottingham Forest because of his shared Greek heritage with club owner Evangelos Marinakis.
Wrong.
The Australian has landed on his feet at a Europe-qualified Premier League club and is ready to build a formidable team at possibly a more forgiving club than Tottenham.
Postecoglou was sacked from the Spurs job at the end of last season despite winning the Europa League - which was Tottenham's first European trophy in 41 years and their first silverware at all in 17 years.
With the team struggling to a 17th-placed finish in the league, that result was deemed to be more representative of Spurs' progress under Postecoglou than the trophy.
But Postecoglou has achieved success wherever he has been: five trophies with Celtic, one league title with Yokohama Marinos, three pieces of silverware with Brisbane Roar and the Asian Cup with Australia.
He will now have the opportunity to defend his Europa League title with Nottingham Forest, who are qualified for the competition.
Postecoglou's first Forest match will come in the Premier League at Arsenal on Saturday, September 13 at 11:30pm (AEST).
The state of Nottingham Forest
In an unusual occurrence, Forest's previous manager Nuno Espirito Santo was sacked despite achieving recent success with the team.
Despite only being promoted for the 2022-23, Forest finished seventh in the league last season under Esprito Santo, earning qualification for the Europa League and making the FA Cup semi-finals.
They occupied one of the Champions League positions for most of the season, but only won two of their last eight games to slip to seventh on the table - still a mighty result.
But tension was emerging in the relationship between coach Espirito Santo and owner Marinakis, and that finally came to a head with the Greek boss dismissing the Portuguese tactician and getting four points from the first three games.
Players
Postecoglou will have some quality players at his disposal, with Forest doing well to keep together the nucleus of their squad that did so well last season.
Anthony Elanga departed for Newcastle for a hefty fee, but the likes of Chris Wood, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Elliott Anderson have remained.
New Zealand star Wood cracked 20 Premier League goals last season, after the 14 the campaign before and already has two in three games this season.
Gibbs-White, who ironically was close to joining Tottenham, is the team's creative hub, who chipped in with seven strikes last season.
Hudson-Odoi is the team's dangerous wide player, while Anderson is a defensive midfielder, who is also establishing himself in the England national team setup.
Forest also splashed the cash in off-season, spending big money on attackers Omari Hutchinson, James McAtee and Dan Ndoye.
Other notable signings include Brazilian pair Igor Jesus and Jair Cunha, along with striker Arnaud Kalimuendo and defender Nicola Savona.
Postecoglou dynamic at Nottingham Forest
Under Espirito Santo, Forest successfully played a counter-attacking style of football.
Postecoglou's ethos are around his team being dominant and attacking, so it will be an interesting transition between managers early on.
Will the Australian adjust his style that he refused to change at Tottenham?
Is he going to ease the Nottingham Forest players into his methods?
Or will they be sent out to play 'Angeball' straight away?
Often Postecoglou teams have initially struggled in the early stages to pick up his style, before excelling once it is implemented.
Spurs won a trophy in the Australian's second season in charge and Celtic struggled to win a game early under Postecoglou before running away with the title.
In Japan, Postecoglou only narrowly avoided relegation with Yokohama Marinos before winning the title the following season.
At Brisbane Roar, Postecoglou only won five of his first 17 matches before taking the team to two consecutive A-League championships.
Will he be given time to implement what he wants to do at Nottingham Forest?
Or will Marinakis be as ruthless as he has been with past managers?
All we do know is that success follows Postecoglou wherever he goes - and that's what Forest, Marinakis and the Aussie are banking on.