Sean O'Driscoll: Bristol City appoint ex-Nottingham Forest boss
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Bristol City have named Sean O'Driscoll as their new head coach on a 12-month rolling contract.
The former Nottingham Forest boss, 55, is believed to have turned down the vacant job at Blackpool in favour of joining the Championship's bottom club.
City parted company with Derek McInnes on Saturday following their 4-0 defeat by Leicester, which left them six points from safety.
The Scotsman, 41, beat O'Driscoll to the role at Ashton Gate 15 months ago.
"The club has changed in a sense. In some ways they've come round to my way of thinking," O'Driscoll told BBC Radio Bristol.
"It's a good fit. Sometimes you have to go with your gut instincts and this just feels right.
"I like the way the club has been developed, but obviously not too happy about the league position.
"This has always been a well-respected club and that's not going to change. There's stability within the ownership and I think I can be successful here."
Former St Johnstone boss McInnes succeeded Keith Millen in October 2011, with the club bottom of the table and, although he saved them from relegation last season, they have managed only six wins from 26 games this term.
They are also the only team in the Football League who have failed to keep a clean sheet so far this season.
The club have confirmed McInnes' assistant, Tony Docherty, has also left the club.
O'Driscoll was sacked by Forest on Boxing Day after five months in charge, despite collecting 36 points from 24 games.
The former Republic of Ireland international started his managerial career with Bournemouth, where he was in charge between 2000 and 2006.
He then spent five years with Doncaster but was sacked in September 2011 after his side won just a single point from their first seven games.
O'Driscoll joined Forest as a coach under then manager Steve Cotterill during the 2011-12 campaign but left in the summer to take over at Crawley.
But he failed to take charge of a competitive game at the League One club after being coaxed back to the City Ground as manager following Cotterill's departure.
After his surprise sacking over Christmas, O'Driscoll entered talks over a move to Barnsley, who were then bottom of the Championship at the time, but he turned down the role.
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I'm still shocked and angry about how my club Forest dispensed with a manager who was insightful, pragmatic and developing a real sense of long term vision for the club. The way he was treated was nothing short of shameful.
Best of luck to him and Bristol City. Sean deserves success, you've appointed a real gent.
Believe me pal, you've appointed a top class managed in Sean O'Driscoll.
He might irk some of the more simpleton fans by not jumping up and down on the touchline, but if you listen to his interviews you can see an intelligence that is rare in football.
SOD has succeeded at every club he's been at. Even if Bristol City go down this year he'll have you back up at the first attempt.
Treated badly by Forest but he won't be at the Gate
We give our managers time, which is probably why it was appealing to him
Is that the same Gordon Strachan that M'boro are only now recovering from?
Get behind the club and give SO'D full support - it's negativity like yours that has drained the life out of the club and players.
He's a good man,admittedly untested at premiership money shovelling level,but let's hope you can hold onto him longer than our shower managed to.
He was treated very strangely by the leadership at the City Ground, and poorly in my opinion.
I feel sure he can help Bristol City as he does have the ability, as he has shown already, and helped us assemble a possible promotion squad in less than a week!!!
That's beside the point, he should still be at Forest