Does Anyone Sense That Hecks Sacking Was A Mistake?

[Greencore]

Yes,


Should have done it sooner.

[Onion]

He could have been sacked anytime within the last 6 weeks and could have had no complaints. Football was eye bleeding, defeatist, slow and boring - with an added kick in the teeth in last 15 mins for good measure. That's the subjective stuff. Add in 1 point off bottom after 11 games, 1 win in 16 and even the stats are damning. This was an easy decision for the Board, irrespective what they say. Summer signings have been an unmitigated financial and footballing disaster. PH takes the hit for all of this, while LD tries the "nothing to see here" approach to deflect any blame away from herself and the players.

I'm not sure how the Hibs Board could have ****ed up any more if they tried.

[Hibernia&Alba]

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He could have been sacked anytime within the last 6 weeks and could have had no complaints. Football was eye bleeding, defeatist, slow and boring - with an added kick in the teeth in last 15 mins for good measure. That's the subjective stuff. Add in 1 point off bottom after 11 games, 1 win in 16 and even the stats are damning. This was an easy decision for the Board, irrespective what they say. Summer signings have been an unmitigated financial and footballing disaster. PH takes the hit for all of this, while LD tries the "nothing to see here" approach to deflect any blame on herself and the players.

I'm not sure how the Hibs Board could have ****ed up any more if they tried.

Correct. First few games aside, it was a shambles. We are prone to making a bad appointment; let's hope the next boss is a good choice.

[Weegreenman]

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By the sounds of it , LD and others are happy they made the right decision

She also thinks we had a good transfer window and that some of the criticism of certain players has been over the top.

We’re floundering near the bottom of the league ffs!

[CRAZYHIBBY]

Yeah i do....we will miss his attacking free flowing cutting edge football

[Hibee Mac]

Are you having a laugh? 😂

[BT58]

He lost the majority of fans backing, the board had to do something to try and attract the sale of half season tickets. He should have gone after Ibrox.
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[Hibernia&Alba]

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He lost the majority of fans backing, the board had to do something to try and attract the sale of half season tickets. He should have gone after Ibrox.
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He couldn't have had any complaints. I watched that game online and it's one of the worst performances I've ever seen. We could easily have conceded double figures. From that day on each game could have been his last.

[Allant1981]

I was backing him until a few weeks ago, from what I have heard he is a decent coach but just couldnt get good performances out of these players so the right decision was made in the end

[basehibby]

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Just asking and curious.

Would / could he have turned it around?

Could we do a lot worse out there, now that we are back in the market?

Was it really fan pressure that pushed the board (rather than the footballing reasons Leanne gave in her conference)?

1) Not a hope in hell that sacking Heckingbottom was a mistake. There was every justification for sacking him on at least three prior occasions this season on the grounds of abysmal performance against his stated objectives.

2) Of course it's possible to make worse appointments - Calderwood and Butcher are two recent examples IMO - but it doesn't change the fact that Heckingbottom took Hibs backwards rather than forwards, was given every chance to turn it round and failed.

3) Fan pressure possibly played a part but I would hope that the board would have been on the same page as the fans anyway having watched the same series of poor results with their own eyes.

[Crab apple]

Nope. Best decision LD has made in months. Shouldn’t have been appointed and when it was obviously not working he should have been punted.

[Paisley Hibby]

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He could have been sacked anytime within the last 6 weeks and could have had no complaints. Football was eye bleeding, defeatist, slow and boring - with an added kick in the teeth in last 15 mins for good measure. That's the subjective stuff. Add in 1 point off bottom after 11 games, 1 win in 16 and even the stats are damning. This was an easy decision for the Board, irrespective what they say. Summer signings have been an unmitigated financial and footballing disaster. PH takes the hit for all of this, while LD tries the "nothing to see here" approach to deflect any blame away from herself and the players.

I'm not sure how the Hibs Board could have ****ed up any more if they tried.

Sad but true.

[Crab apple]

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He could have been sacked anytime within the last 6 weeks and could have had no complaints. Football was eye bleeding, defeatist, slow and boring - with an added kick in the teeth in last 15 mins for good measure. That's the subjective stuff. Add in 1 point off bottom after 11 games, 1 win in 16 and even the stats are damning. This was an easy decision for the Board, irrespective what they say. Summer signings have been an unmitigated financial and footballing disaster. PH takes the hit for all of this, while LD tries the "nothing to see here" approach to deflect any blame away from herself and the players.

I'm not sure how the Hibs Board could have ****ed up any more if they tried.

Top post. LD can’t afford to get the next choice wrong.

[mutley]

The only mistake was that is wasn’t soon enough!


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[steakbake]

100% no.

[Leith Green]

Clearly.....

[Fife-Hibee]

Nah, i'm not really getting that sense tbh.

[BILLYHIBS]

St Johnstone 0 v 2 HIBS HT

Doidge 2

Eddie May has gone with Doidge and Flo upfront something that many posters on here were screaming for and he has obviously told the players to go out express and enjoy themselves and most of all play football

[GreenLake]

3 nil up suggests the players are more relieved than us.

[ekhibee]

3-0 Hibs at McDiarmid, anybody who thinks sacking Heckingbottom was a mistake needs urgent medical attention.

[CathroMustStay]

Haha mistake, good one.

[Ryan91]

I appreciate that this thread is quite literally 6 hours old, and I hate to say it...but...this aged well.

[WestCoastHibby]

No no no

Look forward not back

[supermcginn]

😂😂

[James70]

How could he not see what all the fans could see?

[SideBurns]

One thing I said about Hecky was he could spot a striker. Ah mean, I didn't say it aloud but definitely did in ma heid. Once again, I've been proved right.

[Jack Hackett]

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One thing I said about Hecky was he could spot a striker. Ah mean, I didn't say it aloud but definitely did in ma heid. Once again, I've been proved right.

He could spot one, but then sent them out with their boots on the wrong feet

[Speedy]

Hecky in

[SideBurns]

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He could spot one, but then sent them out with their boots on the wrong feet

Oh aye, that would explain it.

[A Hi-Bee]

only mistake was it took so lof him