Everton boss David Moyes believes it's time managers started interviewing chairmen before they take charge of clubs.
The Scot fears Mark Hughes's departure from Manchester City last month, plus Gary Megson's sacking by Bolton Wanderers, is evidence that clubs are wavering at the first sign of pressure.
"Managers get interviewed for jobs but I think it should be the managers who are interviewing the chairman," Moyes told the Guardian. "If you have a good, stable chairman who understands things that's better so the manager should be able to find out what the chairman is about, what his expectations are, when does he crack, is he on the phone moaning after every defeat, how interfering is he?
"Obviously there is a pressure to stay in the Premier League. Whoever is near the bottom and is not doing well, and I can put myself in that category at times this season, you come under pressure. Some managers are doing really well who are at the bottom of the league. With the resources they have got, they are doing the best they can so there has to be an appreciation of that.
"Finances have played a part, but then to sack a manager costs money and to get a new one costs money. They say they're skint until they have to get rid of one and then they're happy to find the money to get things moving."