Two seasons, the first one looks good but it is a bad point with his relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo. If all things leaked by Cristiano are true, Ten Hag actually is bad in his ways in handling conflicts with players and possibly it is one of biggest reasons for the club's bad performances in this season.
As Ten Hag is still a head coach, players will not raise their voice publicly but if Ten Hag is sacked or leave the club this summer, or next some years, we will know some hidden facts about Ten Hag's works in Old Trafford.
You're right about ten Hag and his inability to resolve conflicts. Let's say Ronaldo was too big for him to handle, what about Jadon Sancho? Granted you don't have to dance to every tune of the players but that doesn't mean you have to be a control freak. He managed to bring some semblance of control to the club in his first season but at what cost? Presently, despite winning the FA cup, it still didn't put in him in the good graces of the board as they have decided to part ways with him and I'm wondering if United will ever get to their glory days when Sir Alex Ferguson was coach?
Most of the players are not happy at the club and it somehow reflects in their performance and this is affecting the younger ones there.
Actually, Ten Hag has a good strategy. So when the players play with minimal mistakes, Man United always plays quite well and always produces good results. But Ten Hag's weakness is that he doesn't understand how to make the players in the squad work together in good chemistry and also in building the players' motivation to be able to play optimally. The players seemed to have lost their enthusiasm on the field. So we often see fluctuations in the performance of the players themselves. Like sometimes their defenders make a lot of mistakes in one match but then improve in another match. And sometimes when the defenders improve their attack line becomes dull. This problem recurs throughout the season. But technically I see that the strategy and formation used by Ten Hag is very good. It's just a matter of how he can build relationships between the players well and make the players play with enthusiasm. So that they don't make many mistakes or waste many opportunities. I am neutral on the ten hag issue. Because this choach does have his own advantages and disadvantages. Maybe if he coached at a club that wasn't as big as Man United then I'm sure Ten Hag could make a weak team strong. But Ten Hag had a little difficulty when facing the many star players he had to deal with at big clubs.