a écrit le 31 juillet 2013 à 18h14 The board declared there was 'unqualified confidence' in Finke to turn things around - but added that the manager and the club would go their separate ways at the end of the season, after sixteen years.
Few fans were happy with that. Finke's followers said that if there was enough trust in the manager to not fire him in such a moment of crisis, then why would he have to go in the summer? Finke's detractors said that if the board felt the manager was no longer the right man, then why were they willing to wait six months and risk relegation before replacing him?
The team won the next game. And the one after that. And the one after that. And the one after that. And the one after that. Following a breath-taking 5-4 victory against Aue in late February, it was obvious that Freiburg had not only escaped the relegation zone but might have a shot at promotion, even though third place was still eight points away.
But another few victories later, the Berlin paper die tageszeitung would say: 'Depression increases with every win. Compared to the apocalyptic mood [that permeates Freiburg], the Führerbunker in April of 1945 may have been a jolly place.'
Few fans were happy with that. Finke's followers said that if there was enough trust in the manager to not fire him in such a moment of crisis, then why would he have to go in the summer? Finke's detractors said that if the board felt the manager was no longer the right man, then why were they willing to wait six months and risk relegation before replacing him?
The team won the next game. And the one after that. And the one after that. And the one after that. And the one after that. Following a breath-taking 5-4 victory against Aue in late February, it was obvious that Freiburg had not only escaped the relegation zone but might have a shot at promotion, even though third place was still eight points away.
But another few victories later, the Berlin paper die tageszeitung would say: 'Depression increases with every win. Compared to the apocalyptic mood [that permeates Freiburg], the Führerbunker in April of 1945 may have been a jolly place.'
