Ffs, I missed this, for once in a very long time I partly agree with you.
All credit to you for being the eternal optimist but Puel is part of the big blunder, not all of it, that sits with Reed.
Puels approach is too negative, coupled with the fact that he was ok with handing over many usual manager responsibilities to Reed, this tells me he is not up to the job. Also probably the reason why other managers with better pedigrees did'nt.