I agree with the stubbornness aspect, I think the getting results at the right times can't be purely put down to luck.
My big issue would be that, with 8 games to go, would this team get the new manager bounce (maybe not, because a lot seem like shitebags) and do the club have someone in mind to come in short term and shore things up.
I feel like a McCabe or McPake interim type situation would be pointless, same management team, different face. In my mind it would have to be someone external to come in.