Not much was known about Dom McKay’s departure. Until now.
And who else but trusted reporter Stephen McGowan as the man to dig up the details.
In todays Scottish Daily Mail, McGowan told how departed Chief Executive McKay had a hotline to Peter Lawwell should he ever need to use it.
But McKay never did and ultimately, it seems this led to his downfall at Paradise, “In hindsight, Dominic McKay must wish he’d accepted that offer of help on the end of a phone.
Peter Lawwell had a readymade crisis line on the nuts and bolts of running Celtic. And his successor chose not to call it.
“Inexperienced in the world of football transfers and rebuilding a football club, that was his first mistake. Regrettably, it wouldn’t be his last.
“Last night, the former chief operating officer of the Scottish Rugby Union paid a heavy price for his determination to go it alone when he lost the confidence of major shareholder Dermot Desmond… and jumped before he was pushed
“McKay expressed a desire to modernise and upgrade the club’s operations. He set out to be his own man. Plucked from the world of professional rugby, he knew nothing about football transfers — and he showed no inclination to accept a helping hand from those who did.”
“His ideas were incompatible with the major shareholder and the board of directors. While he felt ready for Celtic, Celtic simply weren’t ready for him.
“It’s unclear what this means for the modernisation of the club.”
I do find it strange that McGowan seems to reference McKay’s inexperience of football transfers as a reason that he was pushed from the role seeing as he did get TWELVE transfers completed in a matter of 6 weeks.
Would his job had been saved if McKay did decide to lean on Lawwell?
I guess that is something we will never find out.