Arthur Zwane has spent the month of June dealing with the stress of being severely scrutinised for how he managed Kaizer Chiefs in his first season in charge.
Previously, Zwane has enjoyed the priviledge of hiding behind whoever is the head coach at Chiefs since the days of Vladimir Vermezovic just post his retirement from playing.
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While in the past he was able to escape the bullets through the comforts of being an assistant the 2022/23 season failed to deliver what the happiness that his second name 'Jabulani' defines.
Instead, he found himself the pinch that Stuart Baxter had to endure in walking following whispers of what bordered on treachery and factionalism in the 'politics' that define the working space at Naturena.
That Chiefs were bound to make changes was evident from when it emerged that the club's authorities were singing the same chorus about Zwane.
With the days passing and all the management meetings happening, Zwane wasn't secure anymore.
While his sympathisers chose to comfort him with patriotic support, the order of events on the ground were off ramping.
Zwane didn't deliver any silverware just like Baxter, Gavin Hunt, Ernst Middendorp, Giovanni Solinas, and Steve Komphela but the question is, 'did he do anything to justify why he should be given the opportunity to continue into the second season'.
Losing 12 league games out of 30 was a first low for the club in the history of the modern-day PSL and told of a club in frail care instead of throwing punches in the ring like they are expected to every season without excuse.
Uncharacteristic of Chiefs, the defence was leaking and conceded 33 which was so bad that it was only better than relegated Marumo Gallants by just a single goal.
Amakhosi ended the season on negative goal difference, the second time that this has ever happened in the history of the club.
This already paints a picture of a club that wasn't progressing but rather regressed from where they had been a year ago.
The league points tally dropped from 47 to 44, goals conceded went up, goals scored went down, and the defeats went up and these numbers painted a picture of what Zwane was doing.
This was far from encouraging for the Chiefs faithful who have had to suffer eight years of no silverware.
Those numbers were informative of critical shortcomings behind the scenes.
In the end, Zwane had to make peace with that he was losing the faith of more people in key positions at the club than he was winning.
His technical report didn't give much of a belief that this was a project heading in the right direction considering the impatience building up with the fans.
At least what was guaranteed was that the 49-year-old would remain with a job at the club regardless of whatever decision was eventually reached.
In the end, for all the behind-the-scenes talks and CVs received, the club restructured from within with the appointment of Molefi Ntseki but only time will tell if that was the right decision or not.
Just like all those before him who have failed to win silverware and were then sacked the reality is that Zwane didn't meet the expectations.