Vilas-Boas is a disaster waiting to happen if we sign him this summer. The guy is virtually the same age as Drogba, and Lampard. When push comes to shove a Europa League and Portuguese title aren't going to give him the level of respect needed to handle a Drogba or Anelka, especially when things start to go wrong and we have another one of our winter slumps. He hasn't done enough yet.
The difference with Mourinho is that he went the next step. He won a Champions League. That gives you serious credentials and respect because players know just how hard it is to do that. Steve McClaren got to a final of the second tier competition, Roy Hodgson as well. No one is suggesting they have the credentials to be manager here. He may be a great asset at some point. But it's too soon. He hasn't actually managed a game in the Champions League yet, let us see how things go at that level next season, and then look again in the future. For God's sake, this is the hardest place to manage in football, lets not throw him into the lions den just yet.