If they ever start handing out trophies for self harming in Scottish football someone at Tynecastle had better order in a bigger cabinet.
Because even though Hearts are far from being the only club capable of turning a drama into a crisis, they do seem to specialise in the subject to such an extent that they can be considered best in class. And by some distance.
Yes, St Johnstone proved just yesterday afternoon that they too have a knee-jerk reaction in their locker which they are not afraid to use. By sacking Callum Davidson with just six games to go, the Perth outfit have managed to paint a picture of blind panic at a time when their position in the top flight seemed reasonably safe for next season. All of which would seem like an extraordinarily stupid thing to do had it not come about on the back of the latest eye-popping, kamikaze-style stunts in the Capital, where Hearts and Ann Budge have somehow managed to surpass themselves over the last week or so.
