I wont ask about the why's and why nots here Micky, but that really does surprise me!.
We loved Allan Clarke because he started a 'revolution' when he came to us/Barnsley in the summer of '78, and Norman Hunter did as well in the early 80s when Clarkey went to Leeds.
And in fairness to any manager, who really deserves to be sacked eh, after just 43 days (or whatever it was).

Btw, Clarkey came back to us in the mid 80s and we lost our first 6 or 7 games at the start of season '86-7, but we moved up towards mid table eventually that season and its a good thing that the chairman didnt panic, and he didnt sack him which Im sure a lot of people would have done.