article_snippet: Gary Locke is currently manager at Kilmarnock after leaving Gary Locke post at Hears last year .
article_snippet: Brutally axed as Ann Budge and Craig Levein made way for Robbie Neilson, Gary Locke licked Gary Locke wounds before returning to Kilmarnock, initially as assistant manager to Allan Johnston.
article_snippet: Yet, in only losing one of seven games since taking the reins from Johnson last month at Rugby Park, Gary Locke, in turn, has underscored Gary Locke dug-out credentials and then some.
article_snippet: But, as Gary Locke puts the finishing touches to a new long-term deal in Ayrshire this week, the growing feeling among observers is that Gary Locke former employers were perhaps both right and wrong.
article_snippet: ’ Privately for Gary Locke, the irony of what’s gone on at Tynecastle over the past year or so
article_snippet: Might it be said that the club which binned Locke now owe Locke a huge debt of thanks?
highlights_snippet: Gary Locke was let go by Hearts last season and is now at Kilmarnock .
  