I don't think Jose set the prices in the transfer market, that was Abramovich's downfall, paying top dollar for players then selling clubs take the piss when it comes to selling to Chelsea.
I also don't think most of the transfers were his suggestion, certainly not after the first season. He bascially took Ranierir's team, p;us Drogba, and won the league at a canter. Broke a fair few records too, including points total, clean sheets. He also hasn't lost a domestic home game in 7 years :shock:
As for the tactics of sending John Terry up front, its a bit naive to suggest that was his only tactic, you could argue, MON's last season was putting Berger in midfield?
I doubt if Mourinho wanted plsyers like Shevchenk, Boularhouz, Pizzaro, Sidwell, his Porto team wasn't made up of star players (Deco etc only became stars afterwards).