Russell Martin was dismissed in December with Southampton nine points from survival and replaced by Ivan Juric, who has won just two of his 16 matches and left with the club 22 points away from safety.
There have been 14 occasions when a Premier League club has gone through three permanent managers in one season.
Not counting Simon Rusk, Southampton are on the list twice (2022-23 and 2004-05) along with Fulham (2013-14 and 2018-19) and Watford (2019-20 and 2021-22), as well as relegated Leeds in 2022-23 when Sam Allardyce could not save them with four games in charge.
In 2022-23 Saints replaced Ralph Hasenhuttl - who had a 0.86 points per game (PPG) record - with Nathan Jones, who was sacked with a PPG record of just 0.38, then Ruben Selles was appointed to earn 0.63 PPG.
Survival is hard with that rate of change - only Portsmouth (2004-05 and 2008-09) and Swansea (2016-17) have managed it.
That stat is not under threat after Southampton's relegation on Sunday as they look for someone new to take them back up.
But as that search begins, many will question whether the sacking of Martin was a mistake in the first place?
Should Southampton have followed in the footsteps of the likes of Norwich and Burnley and kept faith with the man who took them up - knowing they would be well-placed to lead another promotion charge, with relegation already on the cards?
Were Southampton right to sack Martin? Make your choice
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