Summoned urgently during the day on Monday for the same evening, the local press was invited to return home. “Finally, we will send you a press release,” says co-president Laurent Tabutin sheepishly.
If the unease is palpable, some information comes out, gleaned between two doors and in half-hearted words. The sporting situation was worrying internally, we had to react while there was still time. “ We are launching a complete audit of the entire sports sector, starting with seniors. The coaches are placed under supervision, it starts next Monday (November 25). »
When asked whether changes in the staff have been decided or considered, we can clearly sense the uneasiness. In summary: it is urgent to wait.
It is therefore Didier Retièreformer National Technical Director at the FFR and current development director of the ASM Rugby club (Montferrand) which was chosen. “ We were looking for a person from outside the club to carry out this audit work, who would be independent and indisputable. Didier Retière is the ideal person “, we say from SOM Rugby.
He will therefore have to analyze the practices and choices of the coaches Issaly, Lamprecht, Majorel and Serre who did not ” not opposed » when Retière came.
A half-decision therefore, for a SOM Rugby in the middle of the watch. Sunday, Millau, penultimate with its seven defeats in eight matches, will host Pézenas, 4th in the standings with six victories and two defeats on the clock before moving on to Servian (5th), Saint-Raphaël (3rd) and Palavas (7th) . An already decisive end to the year.
However, as co-president Tabutin points out, “ everything else at the club is doing well, the women's and youth teams are having great results. But it will be an opportunity to question ourselves and think about how to stay one step ahead on certain subjects. »
Didier Retière, at the bedside of SOM Rugby, on a rescue and prospective mission.
The SOM Rugby press release
“As you all know, our club's men's team is going through a difficult period in terms of results, with one victory and seven defeats so far. Fortunately, the success of a club is not measured by reading the results of a single team, but by reading the results of all the women's and men's sections and on this side, let's admit that the start of season is rather successful, particularly among the senior women.
Beyond the simple accounting review, we must also look at the quality of the work carried out within all strata of the club, and here too, the observation is more than positive with ever more efficient training, for example now allowing the team men's hope to be made up of 95% players from the rugby school.
This generally positive observation having been made, it is nevertheless necessary to react to the situation of our flag team. Indeed, for lack of reaction, we are moving slowly, but surely towards Federal 3, but this is not audible given our ambitions at the start of the season and the investment of everyone within the club, volunteers and supporters, with private and institutional partners more than ever united alongside us.
This spiral of defeat is most certainly the result of several errors made by the club at the start of the season. We, the co-presidents, take full responsibility for this, and therefore we have decided to urgently initiate a sporting audit and club administration.
The scope of this audit will extend to the entire youth center, the CEL and the senior men's and women's sections, but given the urgency in terms of the results of senior men, the audit will initially prioritize this sector. .
We set out to find an auditor whose findings would be indisputable even if this was not easy in an emergency.
In the person of Didier Retière, currently director of sports development of the ASM and previously national technical director of the FFR, we are sure to have hit the mark.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his responsiveness. In fact, work will begin next week in order to have avenues for progress and optimization as quickly as possible.
In the coming weeks, we will redouble our efforts and work more than ever to restore the image of the club. We will only succeed if we remain united and united in the face of this immense challenge. »
The co-presidents,
Luc Donnadieu and Laurent Tabutin
