Partly makes sense, if the new manager was coming from India and was Indian and had never coached outside his country before it probably means more. Buckingham has coached with us for a decade and had a year at Stoke so he's not exactly wet behind the ears himself. Plays a similar style as Manning so not as much upheaval there as there could have been under someone else plus Short etc will remain here for even more continuity. You mention experience and Crofts, has he ever managed a club? I'm not sure being at a Premier League club for a few years in the youth team is better experience than actually managing yourself when all the decision ultimately come down to you.
Great example here. Clotet had been at Swansea for a year then had a couple of seasons at Leeds and was very highly regarded with recent experience in the English game, he came here and was completely crap. Ramon Diaz had only ever managed in Argentina, didn't speak the language and came in and completely transformed us. I think he might have been our last manager before Manning to win manager of the month?
There's no guarantee Buckingham will be a success just like there's no guarantee anyone would but i personally don't get the lack of League One experience, especially when other candidates haven't even been a manager before which seems far more pertinent, and even then I'd have been happy enough with someone like a Crofts or McCarthy.