"Shame is stealing": Bap responds to fans after Filipe Luís exit | OneFootball

“I’ve said since my first day at the club, my commitment is 100% to Flamengo’s present and future. Professionalism does not mean the absence of difficult decisions. At Flamengo, today decisions are the last stage of the process, I have a process for everything. Decisions are neither individual nor impulsive.” “I have a structure focused on football, under clearly defined leadership, based on facts, hours of work, meetings, discussions, analysis, comparisons of decisions with results. And the project that is needed to deliver the best result. That is professionalism. Decision-making comes from the day-to-day actions of each of us, decisions are always made with a winning future in mind. In the end, that’s what we look at.” “They spoke of shame. Shame for me is stealing, lying, deceiving, judging without knowledge of the facts. The attacks I received will not make me comment on facts that expose professionals. Even though it’s evident, the changes do not erase what Filipe Luís did at the club, the history he built as a player and coach. He has a well-deserved place in the club’s history. Filipe is beloved, and when an idol leaves the club it’s a difficult moment for everyone. I understand part of the fans. Changes at certain times are inevitable, when Flamengo steps onto the field it’s an enormous institutional responsibility because of what we mean and represent to the fans and football lovers.” “The decision was made for sporting reasons, made within the club’s professional structure. Based 100% on facts. I saved it to say to you gentlemen, we live in a world where people accuse, investigate, and judge in 30 seconds on an internet post.” “Some decisions are difficult, whether you make the decision at 3 a.m., at noon, at nine at night on Thursday, before lunch, after the game, after the press conference (they remain difficult), there’s never a good time. It’s always hard. ‘Oh, but it was done quickly.’ It was done quickly because there is an analysis of cause and effect. Day in and day out after the games. There are meetings where you talk about what you did twice a week, the result, you discuss a series of actions that I won’t go into detail about. When there are disagreements in this structured process, the disagreements and explanations are contained in the day-to-day. When you communicate a decision, no matter how difficult it is, it does not mean it lacks explanation, there was a lot of conversation, points were debated that in some way raised important concerns for a winning present and future.” “My role and responsibility as president is to evaluate the facts, to question whether what we are experiencing will lead Flamengo to a winning place. When the answer is no, you either correct the course or you change. The attempt to correct the course was made and we understood it was not possible. We made the decision we had to make. A difficult decision, as bad as it may seem, when you face situations where you don’t see a positive outlook, it’s better to make the decision today than tomorrow. As much as they bother the fans. I can’t be just a fan, I have a responsibility to the institution whose anthem is to win, win, and win. Within this council, looking in the mirror at myself, it is absolutely clear that this was very much at risk this year. I believe I have to make the decision for you who elected me.”

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