Well, if you break it down, you could take each season and put forward an argument that he has either delivered as per the budgets being spent or has over achieved.
Even this year, his poorest year, we have the third biggest budget and were on course to achieve 3rd place.
Not one season has he underachieved in terms of budget and final placings.
There are plenty of managers in this league that have underachieved and I accept you have to say that despite being McInnes's bitch
, Clarke has over achieved with Kilmarnock.
Lennon underachieved at Hibs
Levein under achieves at Hearts
Tommy Wright, you have to say overall, he has over-achieved, possibly still is with their current position as 7th.
Brian Rice is too early to tell. He achieved an early new manager bounce, but seem to be settling down to normailty and with a trip away to St Mirren to come, they could end up in the play-off spot.