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There are valid concerns I agree. Although it's hard to judge because the goalposts are changing so fast for all the managers we have had in the past three years.
Every manager since Brown has had to cut the cloth thanks to the money paid out on the Kightlys, Kiernans, Turners, Ferdinands and Coxes. Chris Powell would still have been expected to sign good League One players to push for promotion, and he did to an extent (Humphrys, Hopper, Ladapo) but was hammered by injuries. Things were clearly starting to hit when Bond took charge and he was forced to look to Scotland, never a good sign.
Then when Campbell came in things had really gone to pot and he basically wasn't allowed to sign anyone.
Molesley was in the same boat, embargo in place and was faced with an additional difficulty in that the club was falling fast and agents/players were well aware they could end up with an EFL relegation on their CV. He was actually going for the type of players that personally I was on board with, youngish, hungry with a non-league background and the best years of their careers ahead of them. However, the issue he had was actually getting them in the door. It still rankles when he gets pelters for letting Barratt go, when basically in order to bring in his own players and put his stamp on the side, it was one in, one out and he was limited with what he could do.
Now we have had the ultimate drop but yet seem to be much more financially stable, so we can't attract the players we used to, but we are able to flex our muscle a little bit as we benefit from money that other clubs don't get at this level. Brown clearly favours experience and that is not necessarily a bad thing, but there's definitely been a few warning signs, and many of us remember why he lost his job in the first place - and the effect that the largesse he enjoyed in his previous spell (I know he didn't sign the cheques) had on his successors.
This has all taken place in the space of three years, and it's incredibly difficult for every manager that walks in the door to constantly adapt. But Brown could do himself and us all a favour by stopping the constant chirping at previous regimes. Aside from being classless, it shows he has absolutely no understanding of the mistakes that were made last time he was at the club, and the consequences.
