Jose would've been PERFECT for your lot the minute Fergie left,
WHILE (<--keyword) grooming a(n) (unknown) successor behind the scenes.....Jose could've kept the team up at the top while winning at least 2 trophies in his usual 3-year stint to keep the fan base happy with silverware (bc that's just what he does
)............ while grooming someone like Giggs/Moyes/etc.....
UNDER Mourinho & Fergie ("under" or "out of the spotlight" is the main objective/term here) to make that transition phase so much easier.
Basic point is that I would have done a lot differently than United did starting from the last 2 years of Fergie's reign to have them in a better position now.......it's ALL about seamless transition nowadays, not starting from scratch