Now I am only speculating out my arse here.

Possibility in play.

Now assuming our last CEO was competent. You would think when Stubbins was signed there would be a pile of clauses in his contract. Some good for Stubbins some good for the club. Now obviously if things went well and we won the comp Stubbins would be entitled to a cash bonus etc. Is it possible that being Stubbins is a rookie coach you would put some form of minimum performance KPI in??

Ie You come worse then say 8th the club can part ways on the remainder of the contract for not achieving enough success??

I know I am clutching at straws on a few fronts my desire to get rid of him and also my faith in Middleby but there is the possibility the reason the club are not sacking him are because if they sack him now they have to pay him out obviously. If they hold on and the season is done and dusted they may be able to offload him for nothing.

Hopefully it pans out this way