No, the most important talent is being able to manage a football team. When you comprehensively fail at that, having an affable personality is some consolation.
To be fair, it was SOD who laid the foundations for this predicament. But it doesn't matter who's in charge - Bristol City are just synonymous with failure and disappointment. Always have been, always will be.
Great days indeed. However, that was shortly after the club was at rock bottom, so any success felt like a Godsend. We should be aiming for higher these days.