Dundee managing director John Nelms claims he had no decision nevertheless to sack boss Jim McIntyre after gazing his relationship with the Dens Park toughen turn “poisonous”.
McIntyre claims he deserved the prospect to handbook the Dark Blues support to the Ladbrokes Premiership after being axed on Sunday.
The outmoded Ross County manager misplaced his job after a walk of 10 straight defeats observed his aspect relegated.
He inherited a gaggle already sitting bottom of the league when he changed Neil McCann in October nevertheless despite making necessary modifications at some stage in the winter damage might maybe perhaps now not save the Taysiders from the tumble.
But while Nelms has sympathy for his departed boss, he admits the bother with the Dens trustworthy used to be beyond restore.
He mentioned: “There has been a poisonous ambiance with the followers and the membership.
“Must you procure in a rut be pleased this it’s no longer a unbiased plight to be.
“I ponder it’s shapely to notify the followers need to now not have authorized us giving Jim more time.
“We have backed our managers as an ownership group. We did 33 transactions in January allowing Jim to rebuild – nevertheless that is no longer the finest time to rebuild a gaggle.
“To be shapely to Jim, I stamp his argument. You prefer to have at least two windows so it’s in fact your squad.
“But in this case it used to be unbiased too far long gone after 10 losses in a row. The followers in fact turned on Jim and even supposing he got right here out of the gates subsequent year flying, I ponder he’d have been under the gun consistently.
“We need our manager to work without awe and I’m no longer sure we’d have gotten that if we’d have stayed with Jim.”
Nelms and the membership’s Texas-based fully owner Tim Keyes have now started the design of whittling down the 150 features they’ve already received.
A shortlist drawing advance 30 names has already been drawn up as they gape to nominate a boss able to main the membership to promotion on the first time of asking.
Out of date Rangers, Liverpool and Stoke midfielder Charlie Adam has been linked with taking the job as a participant-manager, as has present Dee striker Kenny Miller.
But while Nelms might maybe perhaps be in talking to Adam, he does no longer factor in it’s conceivable to juggle managing the membership with playing responsibilities.
Nelms, who has beforehand admitted the membership would easiest take be conscious of features from bosses with 300 games under their belts, mentioned: “I’m no longer sure we would gape at a participant-manager role. I ponder the job right here at Dundee entails too powerful to be a participant and a manager, so I would trace that out.
“Charlie’s establish hasn’t been introduced up in any appreciate to this point nevertheless if Charlie used to be we’d no doubt be in talking to him. I gentle find Charlie as a participant and if he ever wished to reach support and play for us we’d in fact have that dialog.
“Graceful now, Kenny Miller is high with the bookies to become the following manager nevertheless he hasn’t even knocked on my door.
“I’m no longer sure Kenny has any inclination of striking his establish forward. I don’t know. If he does we’ll no doubt talk about.
“Inside our present standards, if we did carry a younger manager on then we’d desperately are making an strive to make certain he has any individual subsequent to him that has numerous ride, so as that might maybe perhaps also unbiased offset the requirement for 300 games.”
Nelms: Dundee followers need to now not have authorized us giving McIntyre more time
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