Lets be honest, I don't think anybody thought we would be sitting this high in the table at this point of the season. While its not over yet, we are performing better (I think) than our preseason dictated we should do so far. I think that does get lost in amongst the results and skeleton staff/team sometimes.
If they want to take a little longer to make sure they get it all right, they have earned that right so I'll cut them a little slack thats for sure.