It is more than two months into the English Premier League season and no club has parted ways with its manager, although Sunderland's Steve Bruce and Steve Kean of Blackburn will continue to look over their shoulders until results improve.
But over in India, a veteran Liverpudlian coach has lasted just 82 days in charge of Calcutta giants Mohun Bagan. Steve Darby, one of Asia's most-travelled managers, tendered his resignation less than three months into the new campaign because of what he described as unacceptable interference from upstairs.
Although his story may be seen as a cautionary tale for any manager thinking of trying his luck in India, it also has parallels with some of the issues faced by coaches in the bigger European leagues.
Darby, 56, moved to India after almost three years as an assistant to Peter Reid and Bryan Robson in charge of the Thailand national team. He had been a trophy- winning club boss in Malaysia and Singapore and also worked in Australia, Bahrain, Vietnam and his native England.
Darby pulled the plug when Mohun Bagan appointed a three-man technical committee to oversee him, ahead of the start of the I-League season. This came after Bagan's disastrous performance in the Federation Cup tournament in which they were knocked out in the group stages after failing to win any of their three matches.
'I don't tell my accountant how to fill out my taxes out or the mechanic how to fix the car but many 'experts' who have never played or coached at any level think they can tell a coach how to do his job,' Darby said.