According to the chronicle anyroad. "Reds chief executive Ben Mansford has admitted that the club made a mistake in 'over compensating' for the public manager search last January by adopting a policy of almost total silence since the sacking of David Flitcroft" "We probably made a bit of an error in building the expectation of a statement on the subsequent Wednsday. We were trying to create a calm atmosphere for Micky Mellon"