Many Rams supporters were beginning to complain about a lack of vision but the arrival of new chief executive Sam Rush at the start of last year has injected some energy into the club and it was Rush who took the bold decision to dispense with manager Nigel Clough immediately after a 1-0 defeatoto Forest in September and bring back Steve McClaren.
A year later, Rose forced the other members to dispense with manager Niven, whose replacement, a roadie named Doug Goldstein, was best summed up by Stradlin as "the guy who gets to go over Axl's at six in the morning after he smashed his $60,000 grand piano out of the picture window.
The latter's chairman, Tony Kleanthous, dispensed with his manager, Ian Hendon, last week and reappointed Paul Fairclough, who took them back into the League five years ago, in temporary capacity.
The letters and staff memos he dispensed as general manager of the Met between 1950 and 1972 are not only a delight to read but also a lesson for all outsiders who would manage Americans.
West Ham have drawn up a shortlist of seven names to replace Avram Grant should they decide to dispense with the manager's services at the end of the season – Neil Warnock, Paul Lambert, Malky Mackay, Chris Hughton, Slaven Bilic, Ian Holloway and Martin O'Neill.
Gérard Houllier will be among the crowd for Gerrard's 354th and final Anfield appearance against Crystal Palace on Saturday and it is worth rewinding to November 2002 for a piece of advice the former Liverpool manager dispensed at a delicate stage in the midfielder's career.
In Scotland, only Hibernian have dispensed with their manager this season.
County dispensed with their manager, Derek Adams, two weeks ago following two transfer windows in which new players arrived in bulk from abroad.
That reign has been fraught, with Constantin dispensing with 20 managers and twice taking to the dugout himself.
John Brown was dispensed with as manager, Scot Gardiner left his role as chief executive, and some members of the Dundee Supporters Society, which previously owned 51% of the club, remained wary of another spell of rash and uncontested ambition.
