Many parents from his followers wanted him to fire the man, but the only way to fire Severus was, if the man violated the contract he had signed with the board and since 2001 the man didn’t break a single clause, which infuriated his followers even more. The reason why they wanted the man gone, was, because many of their children, who had graduated, didn’t get their NEWT in potion, in order to join the auror forces. From 2001 to 2006, the number of aurors, who were loyal to him had shrunk a bit, but from 2006 to 2011, the number of his pawns, who managed to get a NEWT in potion was only an eighth and many of his followers in the DMLE were either not qualified since the tempering of the OWLs and NEWTs were revealed and the underqualified aurors were fired or many had been forced to retire. Albus completely lost control over the DMLE since there were barely any loyal followers of his in this department.