Ricki said to win the league, we need to play a possession based game. Welnix said "ok then".
A season? Anyone who thought you could turn a team based around Siggy, Dura and Manny into a possession-based team in a single year should have their head examined. Certainly if Ricki promised he could win it this year with the squad he had he should be sacked.
On the hand, if he wrote off this season and decided to play around with Boyd, Fenton, Totori (*sigh*) et al, getting them used to The Big Time, and hunting down Hernandez's signature, in the hopes of winning the 2013/14 league... some might say that project is still on track.
If we're still cellar-dwelling this time next year, trust me, you'll hear SACK RICKI loudest from this quarter.