I can only surmise because I don't know, but I think that the answer to that may be that we may have to undergo short term pain - including relegation - to achieve a long term gain. If there is a club ethos to do this then two things follow: 1. It could take some time 2 results may not be great during that time. If it is a club ethos then Adkins can scarcely be sacked for following it since Cortese has presumably had an influence on that decision..