Yes he did when he had to find players at very short notice and inherited a hopeless situation after the defection of Owen Coyle..
Interesting to note that when Brian Laws was sacked in December 2010 we were 9th in the Championship, we finished the season in 8th position.
The following season, under Eddie Howe, we finished 13th, the lowest position we have finished in the last 13 seasons. The following season when Eddie left we were in 16th place but he never got the abuse thrown at him like Brian Laws did.