Mike Phelan is analysing Hull's contract offer as the interim manager edges closer to becoming Steve Bruce's permanent successor.
For most clubs, promotion to the Premier League brings with it a feel-good factor, but for The Tigers, only pain and disruption followed.
Steve Bruce, the club's most successful manager ever, walked away from the club, with fans protesting against the Assem Allam regime as City started the campaign with just 13 fit first-team players.
Assistant manager Phelan looked to have been handed a poisoned chalice but has flourished, following up the opening-day victory against Premier League champions Leicester with a win at Swansea and point away to Burnley in-between a late loss to Manchester United.