All valid points... but I think the suggestion generally is any half-decent manager could have recovered the position Chris found us in. The truth of this we'll never know, but certainly on other threads, the suggestion is the fact that we were in so much trouble was so tied to how bad...
Plus... Mutual consent has very specific consequences in terms of the clubs obligations under his contract - it says that both parties have agreed to terminate the contract, so it is absolutely in Chris' best interests to not agree to that wording unless he already has an agreed compensation...