Honeyman alluded to stuff behind the scenes pre-match that won't have helped and probably contributed to gutless form post lockdown, but I agree McCann had enough in the squad and points already on board from January to March to eek out survival.
He clearly isn't blameless but there's clearly been behind the scenes stuff we're only partially aware of.
He did very little wrong the first half of last season and done very little wrong so far this season, so it's reasonable to assume there's stuff went on behind closed doors.