He did co-comms for the U23's match a few weeks ago & wasn't even back running then.
So I'd imagine he's out for some time yet, still, as LeG indicated above.
John Percy has added some extra detail in his article:
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/11/20/tony-pulis-sacked-west-brom-torrid-run-results/
The counter-point to that is we were crying out to go back to 4-2-3-1 last season when the diamond formation was the scapegoat. Maybe it's just the players aren't good enough?
Imagine if we landed him & Everton eventually nicked him off us as well
You are right about our due diligence though. I'm not sure what was on MP's CV that indicated much of what we were after.