If Hodgson was'nt hired for footballing reasons then Dalglish certainly was'nt, he was hired because of who he is rather than what he had done, he had been out of the game well over 10 years,
That's not totally correct. Yes, the 'who he is' bit was a factor... that part of KK helped to unify the club and provide satability after the H&G deacle in general, the dysfunctional realtionship between Purslow and Rafa, and the unconvincing Roy.
However, KK was initially only a 6 month caretaker appointment. The results he secured at the back end of last season helped him get the job. In addition, he had been involved closely with the club academy under Rafa - so it wasn't wholly a non footballing reasons appointment.
Having said that, he should now be judged like any other manager and should be accountable for the results and the perfromances.
Personally, I would reserve final judgment until the end of the season. Even then, before creating more insatbility, we should think carefully. There are no obvious replacements and I wouldn't want us to become a club which changes manager every other season. Houllier had 6 seasons, Rafa had 6 seasons... idelly I'd like KK to stick around for a few seasons. He's gonna have to up his game big time though.
Or maybe we try a different set up. KK sticks around as a sort of general manager... but we get a top, top footballing coach responsible for gameplan, tactics etc.