A week after his team's failure to reach Ligue 1 in the return leg at Nice (1-4, 0-0 in the first leg), AS Saint-Étienne owner Larry Tanenbaum, whose word is relatively rare, addressed the entire Saint-Étienne community on the club's website on Thursday. He tried to calm the frustrations of the supporters, reaffirmed his confidence in the current management team and reminded that his commitment was long-term. « In addition to thirty years in professional sports, I have learned that durable successes are rarely built in immediate reaction, indicates the Canadian billionaire. They rely on stability, patience, investment and the ability to remain faithful to a goal, even when progress is not immediate. I have experienced this directly with the Toronto Raptors and Toronto FC. In both cases, major achievements have only been achieved after several years of work and continuity in the organization. » « The responsibility of a shareholder is not to react to every event, nor to every emotion » The businessman maintains his distance and delegation to Ivan Gazidis, the president, whom he considers necessary for a responsible management. *« **The responsibility of a shareholder is not to react to every event, nor to every emotion, adds he. It is rather to give direction, to provide the necessary means and to ensure stability, while ensuring that the club is led by competent people, sharing a common vision of its future. » And the North American specifies : « When Kilmer Sports Ventures engaged with Saint-Étienne, we did so on the basis of a long-term vision. We came to contribute to building a club capable of achieving durable success, relying on solid governance, consistent choices, while preserving a strong identity. (...) When we arrived, the club did not yet have, in all areas, the standards we wanted and had to give collectively. A deep structural work is necessary to strengthen the bases of a modern, stable and performing club. This is the work that is currently underway. It is not always visible, and it does not always translate immediately into results. I perfectly understand that talking about medium and long term can be difficult and even frustrating for you, especially after a sporting disappointment. But that's how solid organizations are built. » Tanenbaum concedes that it is necessary « to better explain (his) vision and the work in progress to accompany the development of the club in the long term ». But he maintains « his commitment to AS Saint-Étienne (...) unwavering. (...) We are here for the long haul. We remain mobilized for this club, for you, its supporters, its partners, and for its future ».