Will Vogel stay longer?: This is what the FCB bosses say about Schultz’s dismissal

“It would be fatal not to rely on Vogel”

FCB chairman David Degen and sports director Heiko Vogel agree on one thing: the dismissal of coach Timo Schultz, who only played eleven games no quick shot been.

“But the development just wasn’t there and the results were extremely poor,” says Heiko Vogel. David Degen says there have been signs for some time that the ‘Schultz’ project is going in the wrong direction. For example, the away in the Conference League. For David Degen, the defeat in Yverdon last weekend was a fact “really scary. That raised a lot of questions for me.”

It is not yet known who Schultz’s long-term successor will be, and the club does not appear to be giving it much thought. Vogel will take over for the time being. Degen: “Heiko is not an interim coach, but a coach until further notice. It would be fatal not to rely on him. He has the experience and knows the players best because he brought them in.”

What does the future hold for team leader Vogel?

Vogel, who ‘is FCB coach until further notice’, is also head of sport. Will he continue in this position? “The team leader is now taking a week’s break…” says the German. Degen also responded to this: “We cannot say exactly who will do which task so soon after dismissal.” Or will Degen even take over the position of sports director? “As for me, I wanted to fulfill my role as president; we have chosen it for a long time.” Shortly afterwards the PK was declared over.

How long will Vogel remain FCB coach?

The fact that Heiko Vogel is back as FCB coach is nothing new; the team leader already fulfilled this role last season. boss David Degen on the decision: “It was absolutely not our goal for Heiko to return to the sidelines.”

So why does this still happen? epee: “He selected the team, He has had most of the conversations and knows the players who are still there from last season. In the current phase where trust is needed, it is important to rely on such a person.”

And how long will Vogel, who now takes over from Schultz, be coach? “He is not an interim coach, but a coach until further notice.” In concrete terms: there is no time frame. It is therefore possible that Vogel will continue to hold this position for longer.

“It was scary for me”

Degen: “The performance in Yverdon last week raised a lot of questions – after everything that had happened before (away in the Conference League qualifying, editor’s note). We missed everything there. It was shocking to me what kind of face we showed. “I hold not only Schultz accountable, but also the players.”

What does the perfect trainer look like?

Who will be the successor, what kind of man is needed? David Degen: “We determine the next steps in our sports management team. It is incredibly difficult to be an FCB coach. It is a tough and arduous job. It is therefore not easy to make the right decision, both personally and professionally.”

“It wasn’t a knee-jerk reaction”

The FCB bosses repeatedly mention the line that divides the Super League into two parts after 33 rounds. Yes, the team from Basel is also among them, but the season is still long. Vogel: “The dismissal was not a knee-jerk reaction, we were in constant discussions and saw no development. There was a realization that things could not continue like this. The solution was missing.”

Degen: “We must face responsibility”

FCB chairman Degen takes the floor. “A change has been made in the team that we did not want. You can’t imagine the dynamics of the football world, it happens so quickly. In the end we knew: we had to win again as soon as possible.”

Were the Schultz elections doomed to failure?

Schultz was only in office for eleven games – it seems the German was not a good fit for him. Vogel: “I selected the trainer and had good conversations with him before he was hired. I wouldn’t portray the choice as a mistake. All that happened was that the results were extremely poor and the development was not what we had imagined. But of course it was very difficult with the unrest in the team that we had in the summer.”

“Timo has tried a lot”

The FCB-PK starts promptly at 3 p.m. Sports director Vogel is the first to speak. “It is of course an unpleasant moment why we are sitting here.” Then he takes a deep breath. “We’ve had a lot of conversations, not just since yesterday, but before that as well. In the new mode there is a line, we are under it. » He would feel sorry for Schultz because he tried everything. The results simply didn’t add up.

Who dares to climb into the ejection seat?

One thing is clear after Schultz’s dismissal: his successor will not have an easy time, because FCB has not been known for its patience lately. Schultz was the fifth coach in the past two years. Before him, Patrick Frame, Guillermo Abascal, Alex Frei and sports director Heiko Vogel, who is now taking over again, were coaches in Basel.