Conflicting emotions about this. The result has worked out, but the DM process was a disorganized and very public mess. It does need reconciling with the fact he didn't have the time to put the groundwork into deals. Chelsea and Arsenal were speaking to Rice and Caicedo more than twelve months before their moves and that was a luxury he didn't have and the pivot to Endo looks to have been sensible.
Any plan is better than no plan, but given the general initial reaction to this appointment, the jury will remain out on him for a while.