In answer to your question: not necessarily - but it certainly needs to be a much more attainable goal than it has ever looked like being this season.
There are all manner of changes that 'the hypothetical new guy' needs to be looking to implement, and pdq.
Firstly, there simply has to be a change with regard to the policy of team selection. At present, we are seeing various individuals being played out of position, and time and again this is resulting in performances characterised by confusion, disorganisation, and despair. And, especially away from home, when on our travels, the opposition are immediately capatilising on this, hence our absolutely dire record out on the road.
Next, and I'm sorry to have to raise this particular spectre, but the next area most in need of change relates to our non-sensical tactical approach to games. For how much longer, exactly, is Critch going to persist with the (now defunct) 2-5-3 formation? Not once this season has this approach paid dividends - as the manager's seeming obssession with attempting to incorporate the RWB/LWB approach, has left the players at his disposal (for want of a better term) completely flummoxed. And, consequently, we've simply been left with complete and utter 'chaos all over the park'.
There are other 'problematic' areas I could focus on, but the ones I've just mentioned above, are those most in need of urgent attention. And, as the problems we're addressing here are ones he was largely responsible for creating, I don't think Critch can be the figure we can depend on for dealing with them.
So, I guess it's all going to have to come down to 'the hypothetical new guy' - whenever he makes an apprearance ...
Apologies in advance to Lytham_fy8