This.
Maybe the harsh treatment of the club during the start of his tenure all of the way down to relegation was what we needed. We were seen as a soft touch for players looking for one last pay-day and we still had, in some quarters, ridiculous expectation.
Relegation tempered this massively and the perspective and expectation in the fans has changed massively. We have far more patience as a whole as fans now that we "know our lot"