What I said was the situation and expectation on Mellon when Oldham appointed him was very similar, in several respects, to that when we appointed him.
An established but broken EFL club relegated to into non league finally gets a new owner who brings in a manager and gives him the resources to steady the ship and turn it around. Season 1, after a brief flirtation with the playoffs, finishes top half. Steadies the ship to some - including the respective owners of the two clubs - or “continues to go backwards” to others...but let’s not split hairs. Season 2, manager gets a few weeks but still doesn’t convince, gets the boot. Underperforming with what he has at his disposal. Mellon arrives October. Brief to get promotion - season 1 may be optimistic, but season 2 probably essential.
Just some of the respects which I regard as very similar. And pretty significant similarities too, at least insofar as they help define the expectation, which, this season for Oldham, is playoffs at least.
As for “culture, organisation, discipline etc”, of course there’ll be some differences between what Mellon inherited from Brabin and what he inherited at Oldham. I’m not sure Oldham needed a massive overhaul in that regard when Mellon came in, but nor am I convinced about how well he‘s sorting whatever needed sorting. Might need the summer to complete that.
Either way, if they do meet expectation and make the playoffs this season, I doubt even Mellon’s agent will be blowing his trumpet too loudly to garner credit for such relatively marginal progression in year 2 of the Rothwell era.