Given Torquay United's league position at this moment in time, their choice of successor to Alan Knill has to be the right one.
The Gulls lie 23rd in the League Two table, one point adrift of safety with a high goal difference- the new man will have a sizeable task on his hands.
Since they purchased the club from Mike Bateson in 2007, their managerial appointments have generally turned out to be good ones.
Their first appointment on taking over-Paul Buckle-turned out to be a good one. Although Buckle divided the opinions of the fans during his four-year reign as Gulls boss, he did lead United back into the Football League in 2009; and then to the brink of promotion from League Two- two years later- prior to his departure for Bristol Rovers.
His successor Martin Ling built on what Buckle had made and led the Gulls to the Play-Offs in his first campaign in charge, after United had spent a long period challenging for a top three finish.
Before he was struck down by a stress-related illness midway through the 2012-13 season, the Gulls were 13th in the table and still harboured hopes of a last ditch Play-Off bid.
Whilst Ling was off sick, Alan Knill was brought in as interim manager and led the club to safety, following an alarmingly slump that saw them flirt with relegation, before being handed the reigns on a permanent basis.
Unfortunately for a number of reasons, Knill's permanent reign as manager failed to live up to the initial expectations that the board had of him, which leaves them in their current predicament.
Because of where they are in the league, experience and contacts are likely to feature highly on the criteria for the United board in their current search.
