Mccoist Resigns

[Scotty CTA]

Doubt they'll get anywhere though.

[Dalgety Bay TA]

I thought all the decision makers were in London, but the kray twins were in the stand.

So who's in charge?

Newcastle at Arsenal today. Ashley etc will all be at that.

[EddardStark]

Rangers have no CEO, Finance Director and to be honest no board. Ashley is pulling the strings and no doubt his guys are driving the redundancies taking place next(more to come next week). Now have a manager who should really be on gardening leave. Is McCoist playing a game on behalf of King etc? Forcing the current regime to face up to the fact that they can't pay him off but also realizing their investment is going to the wall? Of course Ashley is now the main creditor should we go into admin once again.

Edited December 13, 2014 by EddardStark

[Cove_Sheep]

With the merchandise deal he has, it wouldn't really be in Ashley's interests to allow you to fold.

So, is the McCoist situation basically:

Ally: Pay me x £££ and I will leave;

Club: If we had x £££ you would have gone ages ago!

[Dalgety Bay TA]

In my mind flure is spot on in his assessment that ally is out to get what he can before this insolvent entity is wound up again. He doesn't want to be one of the long list of creditors who are dismissed once administration at the very best comes calling again. For all he is a terrible football manager he ain't a dafty and will have clever advisors.

I can't see that being the case. If McCoist did get a hefty pay off then it takes Rangers another step closer to the financial brink. Imagine if they went under after Ally baled with his pay off. Fingers would be pointed and he would be accused as the man who "killed" Rangers, rightly or wrongly. In fact it would give the folks who have fecked up the financials a convenient scapegoat. McCoist is still a Rangers man, he is still trying to do the best and wants the best for them, I don't think he would put his financials in front of the club going under again.

With the merchandise deal he has, it wouldn't really be in Ashley's interests to allow you to fold.

So, is the McCoist situation basically:

Ally: Pay me x £££ and I will leave;

Club: If we had x £££ you would have gone ages ago!

Or he feels he doesn't have the full support of those in charge so its "I am resigning...." and if the answer is "No, we don't accept your resignation, we don't want you to go" then it surely secures his position as manager for the foreseeable future?

I think he is calling their bluff on support for him, hence the "offer to resign" and his comments about wanting to stay in charge last night.

[Kenneth Farrington]

Rangers have no CEO, Finance Director and to be honest no board. Ashley is pulling the strings and no doubt his guys are driving the redundancies taking place next(more to come next week). Now have a manager who should really be on gardening leave. Is McCoist playing a game on behalf of King etc? Forcing the current regime to face up to the fact that they can't pay him off but also realizing their investment is going to the wall? Of course Ashley is now the main creditor should we go into admin once again.

Ed, I think for your own sanity you need to give up on King!

The situation regarding McCoist is utterly bizarre. A manager who doesn't want to be there, the fans don't want & the board would love to be shot of....yet we are treated to that absolute circus last night.

I still find it comical how the media / his pals in the game are trying to paint him as the good guy. You can't dress this up.

All I can do is think "what if this was Larsson?" & my brain can't compute it.

[Khana Lagur]

If you offer to resign you walk away voluntarily without recompense.If you're sacked you get your outstanding contract settled (often by agreement).

So why would the board knock back his resignation? Maybe they believe they wouldn't attract a decent new manager if McCoist left immediately, given the uncertainty surrounding the club, as any new manager would probably want at least a two/three year contract and Rangers wouldn't be able to afford to commit to that.

I think there's still a widespread belief (arrogance?) at Ibrox that they will be back in the SPFL next year no problems and if they can hold it all together until then things will change for the better.

From what I've heard players such as Boyd have already have been told their wages will double next year if they are back in the top flight.

[Parklife]

If you offer to resign you walk away voluntarily without recompense.If you're sacked you get your outstanding contract settled (often by agreement).

So why would the board knock back his resignation? .

Because he's not resigned. He's handed in his 12 months notice.

[TartanTeddy]

Some of the debate on this thread is quite amusing and I have to admit just thinking about half the folk on this thread spending their Friday nights watching Rangers is pretty funny, but I guess we've always been (and continue to be) the biggest draw in Scottish football, so I probably shouldn't be surprised! Though I am genuinely sad that Rossy appears to have missed the one , he may have died laughing, someone should probably check on him!!

So on to the media frenzy...

If you take a step back, then the square root of hee haw has happened beyond some media speculation which the journalists concerned won't source. As seen on TV last night, pre and post match, McCoist refuses to comment on the subject and we are told the board have chosen not to comment to the media on the subject as well. That's it. There has been absolutely no acknowledgement a resignation of any type has happened.

On the field, and from a management perspective, it is clear that the club are failing to deliver. McCoist, as most Rangers fans will tell you, has been pretty dire tactically since he took up the reigns and clearly seems incapable of motivating a team who struggle one week and then often perversely the next easily dispose of SPL teams in cup competitions - though, to be fair, he is consistent in putting out teams that lack pace, imagination and fitness regardless of the level of opposition.

I'm fairly sure McCoist will be gone by Christmas. Last night, on the back of the recent capitulation to Hearts should be enough to force the club into action. The question I guess will be level of compensation and if we are to believe the speculation then that will be the internal debate at the club over the next few weeks - as to whether the club can afford it, the question is probably more realistically, can the club afford not to sack him. The answer to that is no.

Personally, I wouldn't be against a clear out of players in January. Again, there will likely be hard decisions to be made on compensation for some, but it certainly needs to be done now and with some significant cuts both to bring the wage bill down but also to make it clear to players that they can't go through the motions simply to pick up a wage. How that's handled and by whom, is certainly open to question.

Will be interesting times ahead .... not least for the Celtic and Aberdeen fans on here!!

TT

[TartanTeddy]

Because he's not resigned. He's handed in his 12 months notice.

Has he though, or is that just media specualtion??

TT

[Khana Lagur]

Because he's not resigned. He's handed in his 12 months notice.

Yeah, I know he's not resigned, but he's given 12 notice of resignation. That's laughable. Such periods of notice are not commonplace in football - not even commonplace in wider industry outwith extreme specialisation, and even then you'd be punted immediately as such jobs are usually concerned with corporate confidentiallity.

My point was really hypothesis from the board's perspective.

[broono83]

Lincoln City put their manager on gardening leave recently, can't remember why. First time id ever seen it in football.

[Kittymeister]

Lincoln City put their manager on gardening leave recently, can't remember why. First time id ever seen it in football.

Terry Butcher is currently pruning his roses and putting weed killer on the lawn whilst Hibs continue to pay him.

[rabmania]

Lincoln City put their manager on gardening leave recently, can't remember why. First time id ever seen it in football.

AVB

'He departs eight months and 40 games into a £4.5m-a-year contract and is now technically on gardening leave,'

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/04/jose-mourinho-andre-villas-boas-chelsea

Holloway

QPR have placed manager Ian Holloway on 'gardening leave' as speculation mounts over the possibility of him taking over at Coca-Cola Championship rivals Leicester.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-376314/Holloway-gardening-leave.html

[Flure]

Lincoln City put their manager on gardening leave recently, can't remember why. First time id ever seen it in football.

Craig Levein went on "gardening leave" from the Scotland post.

[redstevie007]

Craig Levein went on "gardening leave" from the Scotland post.

Aye, the minute he signed his ####in contract

[Donaldo87]

I think it was when Phil Brown got punted at hull that I first heard of gardening leave in football

[kumnio]

The guy Rowett?? At Gretna was effectively on gardening leave many many years ago.

[redstevie007]

The guy Rowett?? At Gretna was effectively on gardening leave many many years ago.

Rowan Alexander?

[broono83]

So quite a few then, Actual gardening leave as opposed to their contracts being payed up over time?

Did Wim Jansen or Jo Venglos not get "promoted" to Scout as well?

[kumnio]

Rowan Alexander?

Yeah him, not terribly good with names obviously.

[EddardStark]

word is Ally has had his last game as manager. There will be a meeting of the Rangers Board or what's left of them next Wed.

[redstevie007]

Yeah him, not terribly good with names obviously.

Nae bother Kumpio

[thplinth]

Here is a name...Kevin Umnio...half scottish, half maori, 100% mental.

[EddardStark]

Ally McCoist will meet chairman Sandy Easdale and Mike Ashley’s lieutenant Derek Llambias on Wednesday

Rangers boss handed in his notice as he had had enough following job losses to long-serving staff

Rangers boss willing to give up more than £400,000 to aid settlement

Ally McCoist is set to meet the Rangers board on Wednesday for the talks that will determine his point of departure from Ibrox.

The Rangers manager is expected to convene with football board chairman Sandy Easdale and Mike Ashley’s lieutenant Derek Llambias with legal teams of both parties present.

The midweek showdown is where McCoist will learn of the club’s response to serving written intent to quit at the end of the 12-month notice period on his contract — the move that stunned Scottish football on Friday.

McCoist could then be placed on gardening leave or have his contract settled at a cost of £400,000 in order to have the issue resolved before Livingston visit Ibrox on Saturday and next Monday’s Annual General Meeting.

But he could yet remain until the end of the season, with the balance paid in the summer.

Clearing out McCoist and his entire coaching staff, including assistant Kenny McDowall and No 3 Ian Durrant, would clock in at a fee of more than £1million for a cash-strapped club relying on Ashley loans to limp through the winter.

It remains to be seen if Ashley, who controversially handed Dennis Wise and Joe Kinnear jobs at Newcastle, is content to write the cheque and parachute a preferred candidate in at the first-team helm.

His man, Llambias, a non-executive director, has been implementing savage cuts at a lower level and not among the high earning staff — a move that left McCoist alarmed and helped precipitate his decision to quit.

From the clutch of front-runners to replace McCoist, the Newcastle owner is likely to find the name of Billy Davies for his consideration as the No 1 Scottish contender.

The former Nottingham Forest manager has upped his presence at Ibrox in recent months.

Davies has spoken previously of managing Rangers being his career ambition and, perhaps crucially for his immediate employment prospects, boasts an excellent second-tier record in England, including a promotion for Derby and Play-Off Final appearance with Preston.

McCoist ordered his players in for Saturday training in the aftermath of Friday night’s pitiful performance at Queen of the South.

That 2-0 loss did not see Rangers concede any further title ground on Saturday because leaders Hearts’ match at Cowdenbeath was postponed.