I'll say this again, it wasn't the "laid-back" attitude that doomed JM, it was the teams lack of focus, motivation and strategy in games.
A laid-back manager can be a great motivator...JM wasn't.
What worries me about Gaston is his defensiveness in Toronto the last few years he was there.
He was constantly blaming the media, and even called some racist.
Two toronto reporters were on THE Score being interviewed last week and exclaimed how Cito was rather unfriendly with the press and blamed them for the teams troubles and called some racist when they criticized him.
Coould be he was going through some tough times, personally.
Maybe the years off have softened him a bit, but that could also explain why he has been out for some time.