When Americans Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan became majority shareholders at Swansea City they vowed to do things the "Swansea way".
The sacking of Francesco Guidolin on his 61st birthday and the appointment of Bob Bradley show that may not totally be the case.
Bradley's long and mostly successful career in management has mirrored the game's development in the United States, over nigh on four decades.
Indeed the 58-year-old's only forays outside the States have been his most recent and have proved mainly successful.
His two years in charge of the Egypt national side were played out against a background of violent civil unrest in the North African country.