Play offs are a new situation for him and that could yet prove to be the making of him, but if we don't win promotion via that route and he is sacked, he will leave us in exactly the same position as he found us, 6th. Not a disaster but not the progress some are claiming he's made. It's the absolute definition of standing still. The only progress he'll have made losing in the play offs is a personal one, not for the club, but from the incredibly low bar he set himself at the back end of last season.