A meeting between club leaders is scheduled for this Wednesday evening, late, at one of the main shareholders of US Carcassonne during which the current situation should obviously be discussed, but also the near future. Ultimately, it is the promotion of the duo Mehadji Tidjini – Mohammed Ben-Bouhout which should be ratified.
It was certainly to everyone's surprise that the information and the sentence leaked late Tuesday afternoon: Carcassonne coaches Jean-Marc Aué and Éric Escribano would have been dismissed from their positions. The defeat conceded at the promoted Langon (32-24), three days before, was undoubtedly one too many… While the results until then had proven to be rather suitable, at least in the road plan. So, what did their head cost the duo in the end? This fourth setback of the exercise? The poor performance of their troops during the last confrontations? The decline in their production as the season progresses? A break with a majority of the workforce? Team composition issues? The main question still remains unanswered, because there is radio silence within the Quinzist club in the Aude prefecture. No press release or speech in 24 hours. No more responses to our multiple requests so far.
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The right time 10 days before the derby?
It is simply to be hoped that these sudden evictions were not made on a whim or in anger, but after careful consideration. Because anger is never a good advisor and succession within a current staff is never easy. Even less so a few days before a derby of the highest importance which requires preparation with serenity and stability. In these conditions, the training relocated to the Mayrevieille plain this Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. was eagerly awaited.
Tidjini and Ben Bouhout on the meadow under the eyes of Aué and Escribano
The young people from the rugby school, invited to share workshops, were first able to see the professionals at work under the direction of… The duo Mehadji Tidjini and Mohammed Ben-Bouhout. A duo assisted by Andréi Ursache for the scrum exercise in particular… Under the eyes of the local and current child 3e line of Béziers, Clément Doumenc, who came to provide support to his ex-teammates. Dismissed from their duties the day before, and the administrative dismissal procedure not yet being definitively recorded, Jean-Marc Aué and Éric Escribano, for their part, attended, without participating, in the session… From the sidelines. A mandatory act of presence before official separation. In all likelihood, it is this internal track which should be favored, at least until the derby against Narbonne. If this proves victorious, the duo could even be perpetuated in the longer term.
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Tidjini and Ben-Bouhout officially named?
A meeting between club managers was in any case scheduled for this Wednesday evening at one of the main shareholders during which the current situation would obviously be discussed, but also the near future. Ultimately, it is the promotion of the duo Mehadji Tidjini – Mohammed Ben-Bouhout which should be ratified. Unless there is a last minute solution… What seems to be confirmed in any case is that the track leading to the emblematic Christian Labit would have gone dark. A press release from the communications department is nevertheless expected in the evening.
