...and any coach would have with the first season squad?
I'm not judging him at all on performances with that squad - I don't even think it's relevant to today, it was a different league then and the standard was completely different.
I'm judging him over the past 6 seasons, including this one where he himself predicted pre-season we'd challenge for the top 2, has had a free reign (within a budget) to sign players. You're happy to try and pick holes in any argument made by anyone who argues that it's time for him to go. But I haven't heard you make an argument for retaining him. I'm interested to know what you see as the benefits to retaining him are