Total myth about Fergie being close to the sack. I've a book on management and the manure board saw the Fergie was changing Manure fat every level from ridding the club of its drinking culture, overhauling the entire coaching and scouting and youth systems. Thry saw what Fergie was putting into place and could see how it was creating a whole new ethos and cuture at the club. Hey tore the clubs way of working apart and, by looking at how other sucessful sports teams did things which led to sustainable success, built an empire. Yes he got lucky with that crop coming through in the 90s, along with signing a genius in Cantona. But the pissed up jock had a masterplan that their board, deespite a few nervy moments, bought into.
I very much doubt McLeish would know what the word legacy means, let alone build one.