I dislike the suggestion that McCoist is one of us. The facts do not bear this out. No true fan would take the kind of wage he took, particularly when we were trying to get back on our feet. Most fans would probably have been able to scrape by on say 100 grand a year rather than 800 grand.
Just as a thought, imagine that Pacific Shelf had been demoted to the bottom division and you were given the reigns. What would your plan be? My plan would be this:
cripple the club financially as much as possible
take as much money as I could in wages
overspend on players transfer fees and wages - when questioned on this, say its necessary to get the fans interested while we are in these low divisions
ignore youngsters
ignore scouting network
develop no football plan - ensure that the club are in no position to hold their own when promoted
this is also good to drive fans away and make the club an unsellable product abroad
DO make sure that the club is promoted each year in the lower divisions (cant make the plan too obvious or i'm sacked and someone who cares might be brought in)
I might even be ballsy enough to try to NOT win the Ramsden cup one year, but again, i'd be scared of being found out for the agenda I have
ensure that when I leave, the next guy has next to nothing to start with
Now i'm not saying that McCoist was trying to screw us over. However, facts are that he did, and he did it majestically. I think the reason he overspent on players was simply that he was scared of drawing Pacific Shelf in the cup and didn't want to get humiliated, so i'll give him that one. But there was no reason for his salary, no reason for us not winning the ramsden cup at least once, and no reason that his expensive team could not win three leagues in a row
EDIT: and he did not save Rangers. The people that really saved Rangers were those who turned up every week - despite McCoists best efforts to drive you away. I applaud you all who had to endure that