Everyone except pars fans could see that the appointment of Potter as manager was the wrong one. Jeffries was dire so why give the job to his right hand man who was untested in professional football? He was an average under 20's coach and wasn't cut out to turn around the season to fight and grind out results to win the league against teams managed by guys like Duffy, Aitken, Campbell etc. He is clearly well out of his depth at the pars. As was always going to be the case, obviously, to those without black and white tinted specks on. The excuse that Dunfermline couldn't afford to replace him with someone else is laughable, as now they will be spending another year in league one possibly going part-time and even if they do stay full-time there is no guarantee they will win the league as they will likely have a smaller and weaker squad than they do right now and key players will likely move on such as Buchannan.
Bringing in a proven manager of a higher stature would have given the pars a fantastic chance to win the league when Jeffries went. If they can't afford to bring in anyone else the pars have found their level?