I have challenged him on the idea via Twitter (follow me on @PorkyCovvy). I asked him what would happen if a Manager resigned, lets say Alan Curbishley from West Ham, and sometime later, the Manager wins a case in court for constructive dismissal. How on earth could you retrospectively punish the clubs?
Also, the fear of penalty would actually force clubs to offer Managers only 1 year rolling contracts. This would offer some Managers less job security. Also, rich clubs would just put their Manager on gardening leave. Isn't this something all clubs do anyway as we were paying Coleman for a period after he left until he found a job.
Although Stuart believes me to be wrong, I thought it was generally accepted that Aidy Boothroyd lost the changing room. If true, it makes sense for the Manager to be removed; but under Linnell's proposal our owners may have been forced to keep him simply due to fear of penalty.
If a club removes its Assistant should they be subject to a half-points penalty? A quarter points penalty for the removal of a Goal Keeper Coach? How many for the ball boys?
So many work arounds for this concept and at the end of the day, it boils down to points should be won and lost on the pitch. Points deductions are only for the most serious of issues, and a Managerial change should not be viewed as one of them.