Part of me feels sorry for Carrick, he is a thoroughly decent guy who pulled off a miracle last season. The Utd board needed a candidate who would tolerate underwhelming recruitment, who they can trust in a press conference and is just happy to have the job. The last thing Utd wanted was a Ten Hag, an Amorim or a Conte who would skewer them in the media so they went with a candidate that will protect them. Jason Wilcox owed Michael Carrick an interview, he owed Carrick public support and he owed him shared accountability, it is total cowardice that he hasn’t done that. You learn everything about a person and their values by how they behave when their back is against the wall and Carrick is learning right now that success is theirs, failure is his.