Of course it’s relevant.
No one is judging Spors on previous mistakes, they are judging SR (who we’re still owned by) who have overseen two disastrous campaigns in last three years. You can’t just ignore everything that has gone by because they have bought in a new sporting director.
You, I and everyone else also have no idea just how much control / autonomy Spors will have. Blackmore alluded to the fact that Wilcox wasn’t as in charge as was being made out, so whose to say that isn’t the case again now.