Appointment of Vitor Pereira is a clear turning point in the Wolf's strange season, but there is another one. As the end of January approached, the Portuguese played four consecutive Premier League games, leaving the Wolves still in the relegation zone.
A meeting was held on January 28. Shipley's hotel - a bar that properly confers Pereira's favoritism for pints - presided over a complete and frank discussion between Chairman Jeff Shi and his trusted four lieutenants. It is called the War Council informally.
Matt Wild, head of football operations at high performance Phil Hayward and communications director Max Fitzgerald, and Matt Hobbs, athletic director, discussed what went wrong and how it was right. It feels like treatment.
Privately describes this winter as the lowest point in the nine years of the wolf. For Hobbs, he still thanks O'Neil for setting up the Wolves out of a hole on the eve of last season, which was his own admission as a humble experience.
Both set out to correct the mistakes and reset the club's culture.
It's a story of a major decision - the appointment of Pereira - but there are also dozens of little kids who help turn the wolf's fate, setting them on the first time in 55 years to win six consecutive wins of the highest division.
The first task was to instill discipline lost in the shocking last days under O'Neil. Most obviously, after defeating West Ham, there was a public dispute between Mario Lemina and her colleagues on the court.
In Ipswich's game, Matheus Cunha strangely lost control and removed someone's glasses, causing a timeout. "At the end of the previous regime, it felt negative and confusing," said a wolf insider. "It's not a good environment for anyone."
It is precisely that negative emotions that must change. Perhaps in order to protect his reputation, O'Neil advised the Wolves to have only three tried Premier League players. Even subconsciously, some people wonder how this conversation will affect the team?
Pereira brought a different mindset to reassure the people above him that the recruitment was pretty good, which could be a first half team. The focus shifts from what players can’t do to their abilities and how to best demonstrate these skills.
Another Wolves who saw the preparations change said: "Maybe we don't need to change the formation weekly and adjust the press." "We spent a lot of time focusing on the opposition and how to stop them, and we ended up without identity."
The change in mindset is Pereira, but the committee decided to rely on it and work to eliminate the negative emotions that penetrated the mind. The plan is to build a culture without carvings to eliminate problems so that players cannot blame it on all of it.
Some changes are small and those responsible will admit that they should resolve them sooner. For example, a new coffee machine is needed in the cafeteria. Others are more imaginative because wolves do everything they can to change their emotions.
On the training ground, the players saw their latest goals and the welcome of the celebrations celebrated with them, and this encouraging imagery is updated more regularly as there is a dedicated content creator for players, not just fans.
As the player walks into the building, birthday graphics are displayed, and as we all know, the Yerson mosquitoes recover from a long-term injury. The focus of the image even shifts to those who recover when they take a day off.
Lighting in the locker room is now specially designed to transfer the body clock into the evening game to optimize the wavelength of light. Hayward performs the science behind the initiatives that the director incites and accepts by Pereira.
After some small touches were repeated in Molineux, the goal-scoring clip was hit on the screen above the substitution room nails, as the players left the court after they recently beat Leicester 3-0. Players can even choose to warm up music.
Since Lemina collapsed, Wolves captain Nelson Semedo has been not only a calm mind, but also a positive number that ensures the details are correct. He works with the club and is part of the player care work, organizing various barbecue grills and parties for the team.
Plans to plan Louis Vuitton pop-up events for players' partners. This may sound like an inspiration, but is seen internally as an attempt to create a club designed to help players feel - it needs more than before.
Pereira took the prep seriously and reintroduced the hotel before the family match, rather than reporting the player's relatively relaxed routine. This also requires a physical response to attract attention to details.
The mattresses of the hotel Wolves selected were improved, while a lounge was set up on site to ensure they were not bored. In addition to the dart board and pool table, the IT team also improves the hotel's broadband speed so the game can be chosen.
An insider summed it up concisely. "Vitor comes in and knows what everything has to look like." He puts forward expectations and understands that it's not all about football. Not surprisingly, there is more discipline and connection on the court, and now there is more discipline and connection.
Within the club, it is believed that the impact of a more constructive dialogue has been felt. The issue he initially chose to play when Emmanuel Agbadou targeted Liverpool's injury, which attracted attention and may have exacerbated the issue.
Players are encouraged to speak quickly in this situation, have better communication and have open dialogue. Marshall Munetsi was nervous after scoring against Everton and standing out in the half. Avoid problems.
Something similar happened to Joao Gomes, who insisted on staying on the court on the yellow card against Arsenal and was sent away. Pereira took responsibility for that person and has been deleting his booked players ever since.
"We are all trying to be more proactive than waiting for the problem to happen," said a Wolves executive. With that in mind, the aim is to keep the management meeting going, and ambitiously, this cultural change in Molino will remain here.
The wolves' anger, if promoted, calls not to register for the championship, reminds its importance. The feeling is that if this open culture already exists, it will be handled very differently.
Similarly, the club is looking at how to manage the departure of popular players. It is still confused by its supporters and has no chance to say goodbye to Joao Moutinho. Lately, Lemina and Craig Dawson exports have been far from ideal.
Given that Semedo has no contract in the summer, Cunha is expected to be the target of the big club, which will once again be the focus. After a year of crisis management, you should be prepared.
Of course, there will be more challenges. However, people firmly believe that wolf is a stronger entity because this suffering is theirs and understand that those clubs can solve their problems in the storm.
As a key figure put it, “Sometimes you need some trouble to make you realize you need to develop.” Symbolically, Shi will give up offices at the training ground this summer to provide more space for new players’ lounges. It seems that the lesson has been learned.