Ebbe spent 450K on Zerouali (I think) and had the budget to pay big wages for the likes of Stavrum, Bisconti, Thornley and co. Not to mention guys like Mayer, who certainly wouldn't have been on buttons. If Jimmy had the wage budget that Ebbe had, the likes of Barry Nic would be tied down to 5 year deals at the moment.
Perversely enough, the time when Ebbe was in charge was probably when I had more fun going to the football than any other (with the exception of the 1990 Scottish Cup final as a 10 year old) because of the interaction you got with the guy