It's quite clear that spurs didn't have a deep rooted philosophy as the head coach and person in charge of youth development have completely different ideas on how to approach the game. There's no parallel to be drawn with the Southampton situation. They had an idea how they wanted to move forward and found a coach who they believed could best help them, which sadly meant sacking Adkins. Spurs got freaked after a couple of bad games, sacked the coach and then gave the job to the first person in the office who stuck their hand up.