craig 5,199 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Today there are stories suggesting the the club is fourteen days from going under and yesterday the manager of Rangers told a press conference that he would only speak about football matters - and Rangers fans defend his action. I guess this sums up why we are where we are. Repeatedly there are calls from fans asking why there are no journalists properly investigating the club's meltdown, and yet the manager is defended for refusing to answer questions on this latest worrying development. If you attack journalists for asking questions that need to be asked, don't be aggrieved when they stop asking the questions that need to be asked. The same manager who has previously been lambasted for giving responses to financial matters because he doesn't know the clubs finances ? The clubs non-footballing matters should be answered by the CEO. That would be the norm for the vast majority of businesses. You wouldn't have the HR director publicly talk about a businesses finances, so why would you expect a football manager to do it ? It would be a very, very poor choice of a public entity to not have the CEO to talk about non-football matters and/or the CFO to talk about financial matters. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 He's certainly not the ideal person to respond to this, and journalists should certainly be endeavouring to get answers from those who know more, but not to raise such a serious subject with the manager of Rangers would be unprofessional for any journalist who takes his profession seriously, and if Ally wants the respect of those journalists, he really must understand this. They were right to raise the subject and Ally was wrong to want to avoid it. They were right to ask the question but they asked the wrong person. McCoist was RIGHT to avoid it. It isn't his area of expertise. Funnily enough you suggested he should have answered it given his significant wage. Why isn't Wallace answering when a) he too is on a significant wage and b) it is actually his area of responsibility. Wallace and his Board cohorts are shirking their responsibilities and, worse, hiding behind McCoist. Shower of cowards. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Ally got it wrong. The answers he gives are not for the people in the room - they are for us. He opted out of telling the fans - those same fans he praises on a regular basis - what his thoughts were on a growing crisis. Any journalist going along with Ally's wishes should not be in a job. The people who need to learn here are the manager and those who are defending his indefensible actions. The club is on the brink again and yet people are making excuses for the manager after he walked away from some hard questions. It has often been said, and I believe it is probably true - we really are our own worst enemy. You are missing a very important point here. Rangers are a publicly traded entity. McCoist's response could have an effect on the share price. As it isn't his area of expertise he shouldn't be responding. It is very common practice. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Ally got it wrong. The answers he gives are not for the people in the room - they are for us. He opted out of telling the fans - those same fans he praises on a regular basis - what his thoughts were on a growing crisis. Any journalist going along with Ally's wishes should not be in a job. The people who need to learn here are the manager and those who are defending his indefensible actions. The club is on the brink again and yet people are making excuses for the manager after he walked away from some hard questions. It has often been said, and I believe it is probably true - we really are our own worst enemy. On the contrary, Ally got it 100% correct. He is the Manager of the Football Club, in other countries he would be referred to as the Head Coach. He is not the General Manager, far less the CEO of the plc. Obviously he knew and the journalists knew that the big story of the day was not Rangers v QoS but the big story of the day was not his story and he made it perfectly clear that he was there to comment solely on football matters. The journalists were out of order to pursue that line and after telling them several times he was perfectly correct to walk out. It would not surprise me in the least if he was under strict instructions not to comment on the share issue or any other aspect of Rangers financial affairs, as Craig rightly points out these are price sensitive issues, the more so when a share issue has just been launched. At the very least Rangers should have issued a press statement or made it clear that there would be no press statement by anyone from the Club since everything that needed to be said or could be said was in the Stock Exchange announcement. If it was anyone's job to field such questions it was Graham Wallace not Ally McCoist. What should have happened (if it was permissible within the SE Rules) was that Wallace should have been on hand to hold a preess conference immediately after Ally or at Ibrox later in the day. It's time that FOOTBALL journalists started asking McCoist football questions, here's a few to get them started: Why is McCulloch in the team? Why did you sign Lee Robinson when you have two youth international goalkeepers to back up the back up? Why is Mohsni still playing for Rangers? Why can't McKay get anywhere near the team? Why didn't we have one young player on the bench on Saturday? Why did you ask for the game v Esast Fife to be postponed when two of the international players that have been called up are not regular starters in the team and we have vastly superior resources to East Fife? etc etc and pursue these questions vigorously and not just accept vague answers like "footballing reasons" or "I'm not going to discuss individual players" etc etc. Then both the journalists and the football club manager would be doing their respective jobs in media terms. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,257 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) On the contrary, Ally got it 100% correct. He is the Manager of the Football Club, in other countries he would be referred to as the Head Coach. He is not the General Manager, far less the CEO of the plc. Obviously he knew and the journalists knew that the big story of the day was not Rangers v QoS but the big story of the day was not his story and he made it perfectly clear that he was there to comment solely on football matters. The journalists were out of order to pursue that line and after telling them several times he was perfectly correct to walk out. It would not surprise me in the least if he was under strict instructions not to comment on the share issue or any other aspect of Rangers financial affairs, as Craig rightly points out these are price sensitive issues, the more so when a share issue has just been launched. At the very least Rangers should have issued a press statement or made it clear that there would be no press statement by anyone from the Club since everything that needed to be said or could be said was in the Stock Exchange announcement. If it was anyone's job to field such questions it was Graham Wallace not Ally McCoist. What should have happened (if it was permissible within the SE Rules) was that Wallace should have been on hand to hold a preess conference immediately after Ally or at Ibrox later in the day. It's time that FOOTBALL journalists started asking McCoist football questions, here's a few to get them started: Why is McCulloch in the team? Why did you sign Lee Robinson when you have two youth international goalkeepers to back up the back up? Why is Mohsni still playing for Rangers? Why can't McKay get anywhere near the team? Why didn't we have one young player on the bench on Saturday? Why did you ask for the game v Esast Fife to be postponed when two of the international players that have been called up are not regular starters in the team and we have vastly superior resources to East Fife? etc etc and pursue these questions vigorously and not just accept vague answers like "footballing reasons" or "I'm not going to discuss individual players" etc etc. Then both the journalists and the football club manager would be doing their respective jobs in media terms. The major flaw in your post is that there was no Graham Wallace, office bearer or person from Rangers on hand to fill in the gap and thus it is the journalists job to ask AMcC on the situation, especially in that he has previously been prepared to talk on such matters when it suited. Who is short-changed out of the above is as usual, the supporter and shareholder. Give Wallace a nudge and remind him that his 'Communication & Engagement' initiatives are plastic and laughable. Edited September 1, 2014 by buster. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,663 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 STV told me that they contact RFC daily to ask Graham Wallace for an interview and the request is rejected each day also. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgacus 8 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 STV told me that they contact RFC daily to ask Graham Wallace for an interview and the request is rejected each day also. If Keith Jackson is correct, then there's probably not much point asking Wallace anything as he has no power within Ibrox 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,257 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 If Keith Jackson is correct, then there's probably not much point asking Wallace anything as he has no power within Ibrox He should be asked if this were accurate. Yes...........................................Why don't you resign ? No............................................We have some questions and you as CEO need to engage with the supporters and shareholders. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,663 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 If Keith Jackson is correct, then there's probably not much point asking Wallace anything as he has no power within Ibrox Probably true but point is media do ask boardroom for comment and, rightly or wrongly, it's refused on a daily basis. Hence, while I understand the criticism of the manager for refusing to discuss such issues, I think the overall context is more important. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 If Keith Jackson is correct, then there's probably not much point asking Wallace anything as he has no power within Ibrox He will have been well aware what role he was there to play. He has lied on more than one occasion - he's no innocent. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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