I am always ready to give anyone a chance to prove themselves at the club, it isn't fawning enthusiasm, you just hope when someone is appointed or a player is signed that it works out for themselves and the club.
The biggest issue with Walsh as I see it is that he either hasn't asserted himself sufficiently as DOF and allowed muddled decision making, or, if he has asserted his opinion, that it has proven to be clearly wrong in the mix and quality of signings made.
Us mere mortals on GOT are just giving an opinion with no consequences if it's right or wrong. Perhaps Elstone who takes the biggest non-footballing wage out of the club, and Moshiri and Kenwright, as the effective custodians, are responsible for the outcome of hiring a man with no experience in the DOF role, and evidently no clear understanding of it either.
We talk about people in black and white terms, but the reality is very made shades of grey. Walsh isn't fully culpable, of course not, but he is an integral part of a failing system and a cog that we can do without. I'll welcome Brands as a person with experience in the role we are filling, you hope someone will get it right eventually and his credentials seem reasonably good to me.