I cant believe people are still going on like this.
Maybe you are right, probably are, but in the real world, the world in which all this is happening the fans will not give him a chance.
"What if he does this..." "We should think like this..." "Not everyone hates him..." etc etc
It's all just words. The cold hard facts (ees fax) are that none of this matters because he will none of these things are going to happen. I find the ego of some people who think that because they are OK with it that means that everyone has to be and indeed will be OK with it to be staggering.
People need a massive dose of realism. It would be an utterly ridiculous appointment purely because it is.
You say people need a dose of realism. That goes both ways. The idea we are some great attractive proposition and can get anyone is anything but realism.
I've heard people kidding themselves saying opposition to Benitez has nothing to do with him being former Liverpool, or the stupid comment he made. That is also not based in realism. They make the argument its because he has no ambition by going to China for money. What do you think going to Everton is? Because these "options" that are out there certainly won't be doing it for Charity. We convinced Ancelotti because we offered a lot of money. Otherwise he doesn't come here. And neither would Conte.
An argument could be made that Benitez wanting a proper job and coming away from the easy money he could've gladly made by sitting on his contract in China, something we regularly criticise many of our players for doing the exact same thing, is a level of ambition and humility we could do with.
The options are technically infinite, I agree. Benitez is not the only option. But like a search for anything, the moment you start adding filters and whittling down the pool, it gets very small, very fast.
If Benitez ticks more boxes than others and the board are finally going to be cold and logical and make a decision that they think is in the clubs best interests, and not the emotional, sentimental, easy, obvious, cheapest, or political appointments we usually end up with, and they are getting criticised for that as well, what does that say?
How about we just wait and see what happens instead of assuring everyone it "cannot work" with some veiled threats that a small number of our fans will do something to embarrass us until they get their own way.