Boss Mick McCarthy has praised owner Marcus Evans for showing patience with his managers since taking charge of the club.
Jim Magilton was the man in the hot seat when Evans took over in December 2007 but the former skipper failed to take the Blues into the play-offs and was dismissed in April 2009.
His successors Roy Keane (20 months) and Paul Jewell (21 months) were similarly unable to bring the good times back to the club but Evans never seemed in any hurry to wield the axe.
McCarthy celebrated two years as Town’s boss at the start of the month and has now taken charge of 101 games.
""I think Marcus Evans has been patient with everybody,” he said. "With Paul Jewell, I think it was Paul that wanted to leave. Marcus tried to talk him out of if and he did for a while, it was quite evident.
"Fair play to Paul and thanks to him, he said ‘No, you should go and get Mick McCarthy to do it’ and that was all amicable, it wasn’t that he wanted him to leave.
"I think he’s got a history of giving people time. But you need results because if you don’t get results fans turn on you and the owner’s got to be a very tough cookie not to sack you.
"We’ve had good results and that gives you time and then you get to your 100 games or more and you can progress.
"Quite clearly you don’t progress if you’re out after 30 games and somebody else comes in and they get 30 games, then somebody else comes in.
"Unless you’re at Watford and you’re top of the league, they can have as many managers as they want! But it doesn’t happen normally.”
Aside from the immediate natural reaction to victories or defeats, McCarthy says he tries to remain on an even keel regardless of results.
Reflecting on the reaction of some supporters to Huddersfield coming from two goals behind to draw 2-2 at Portman Road a month ago, he added: "We got booed off, ‘Rubbish, McCarthy! You’re rubbish’ and all that.
"That doesn’t bother me, but when I’ve had a bad day, like everybody else, I don’t like somebody saying ‘You’ve had a bad day and you’re rubbish’. That doesn’t help.
"I remember all those things and that’s why when I’ve won three on the bounce and we’ve got nine points and they’re all singing ‘super Mick’, I’m still on that same level that I was when I came off when they were shouting ‘You’re rubbish’ and they were booing me.
"There might be a little hint of a smile when we’ve won three in a row and when we’ve had a little dip I might have a growl, but I come in here on a Monday morning and I’m the same, consistent person.”