Rangers chief executive Patrick Stewart has admitted making mistakes but said he had not considered resigning despite a faltering start to the season under now-departed coach Russell Martin.
During a press conference at Ibrox to unveil new manager Danny Rohl, Stewart said: “No [I have never considered quitting].
“I am determined to work incredibly hard, together with everyone else at the club, to take Rangers back to where it belongs.”
He said he understood why they were frustrated and added: “The hurt and frustration they feel is mirrored in the boardroom.
“I understand that there has to be an outlet for those frustrations and as chief executive, yes, that’s me. I am a lightning rod for those.
“My role as a leader, though, is to absorb that but also to work hard, work harder and make sure that we turn this around. We’ve got to earn that trust.”
He told the media that a number of candidates had been spoken to about the head coach role, some of whom were not in the public domain.
Former Sheffield Wednesday coach Rohl was hired on a two-and-a-half-year deal after former Rangers defender Kevin Muscat decided to remain at Shanghai Sport.
Chairman Andrew Cavenagh acknowledged that four months after taking charge “it has obviously not gone as we’d envisaged”.
He added: “We did not expect it to be easy but we also didn’t expect to be where we are today.
“Part of that was the decision we made over the summer to appoint Russell as the head coach. It did not go as planned. Russell is a good guy. He worked tirelessly. He wanted desperately to win and I wish him well, but it didn’t work.
“If something doesn’t work, I think there’s three things that you need to do. You need to acknowledge it, you need to own it, which I believe that we have done and you need to rectify it, and today is a big part in that.
“We know that [supporters] have been disappointed. We recognise that. Everybody at the club is going to work tirelessly to get us back to what everyone so desperately wants, which is winning football matches.”
There had been concerns among candidates, including Steven Gerrard, over the structure of the coaching staff..
Sporting director Kevin Thelwell told the press conference that this system was fairly common and he had never signed a player without consulting the head coach.
He said: “I understand their [the fans’] criticism.
“We have got to do much better but Rangers, to me, is something worth fighting for.
“And so what I am going to do next, and we are all going to do next, is work as hard as we can to give the fans and this football club something to be proud of.”
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