It is likely Mackay will not be too affected by play call-ups but his opinion is bound to resonate with higher profile managers who are likely to have players inmvolved.
He was not the first and will not be the last high-profile manager to do so.
If Leicester want a high-profile manager who understands English football, they may have found their man in di Matteo.
In other high-profile manager news, the Spanish website Mundo Deportivo are peddling the line that Pep Guardiola has been talking to Manchester City chiefs and reached an agreement with them to succeed Manuel Pellegrini once his contract with Bayern Munich expires next summer.
Pellegrini, who was replaced by Pep Guardiola in June despite winning the Premier League in 2014 and guiding Manchester City to the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, is the latest high-profile manager to move to the booming Chinese Super League, joining Luis Felipe Scolari and Sven-Goran Eriksson.
"When everyone apart from a corner of away fans is shouting at the ref and putting him under pressure, and there is a high-profile manager like Jose shouting at the fourth official… The referee is only human, it is bound to have some sort of effect.
"Aidy Boothroyd is still considered a high-profile manager after his exploits with Watford in the Championship and Premier League.
"If he brings in a high-profile manager like Henning Berg and announces some high-profile signings, we should just realise it is a diversionary tactic," Armour insisted.
All the while, Jocketty avoided the media glare, content to cede the spotlight to his high-profile manager, Tony LaRussa, as the public face of the franchise.
Cotterill's contribution should not be forgotten, but BBC Radio Nottingham's Forest correspondent Colin Fray believes the new owners were always likely to look to bring in a high-profile manager.
