Leeds Fires Blackwell

England Championship For those of you who don't follow the English game, the Championship is their division 2 league. It's one down from the top, the Premeirship. Leeds United have not so suprisingly fired Kevin Blackwell as manager. Moves like this tend to leave me wondering if the board knows what they're doing. Leeds have only got 7 points form 8 games this year. It's definitely not a good start to the season. Even knowing there are 38 games left it means the team has started to dig a hole if they want promotion. It's clear Leeds goal is to be promoted. The part that confuses me is that Blackwell has been around for 2 1/2 years before this as manager. If the board had lost that much confidence in him, why did they wait 8 games into the seaosn to axe him? Why not negotiate a resignation with him over the summer and give the new manager a chance to reshape the team in their image? Do you think clubs are too quick to pull the trigger on managers? Did Blackwell deserved to be fired to soon? Or is the board making a mistake?