Cheers for answering my question
Do I think he is the only person that could have been manager and achieve that? No, I think other managers with the same resources could have done the same.
You mention the 3rd place finish, you may think I'm crazy, but for me it signifies why I don't trust Calderwood. I thought (and so did many others) we might just get 2nd place and a champions league against a struggling rangers team. I remember coming out of Fir Park on a cold wet Tuesday night after playing pretty shite, we had got ahead and then Foster scored his screamer to win the game. The atmosphere outside the ground was electric, everyone knew what the game meant on Saturday, and everyone was singing bring on the rangers as we knew that they were there for the taking. There was excitement and the chat all the way back in the car was how we were going to do the huns on saturday.
Saturday came, and still the excitement was there and the atmosphere in Ibrox was amazing. This lasted for 3 minutes before another collapseTM by the team as we lost 3 goals in 30 minutes, I have never hated a moment as much as then. Using the cover of half-time we left the ground and went straight home.
Yes we went on to have to have two of my favourite football memories that season (1-1 at Tynecastle and 2-0 at Pittodrie v the huns) and qualified for the UEFA cup, but the thing that annoys me is these massive drops in form in big games that crops up with too much frequency.