In mid-December, they asked themselves the coaching question in Dortmund: Does it make more sense to continue with Lucien Favre, the experienced but overly cautious strategist, or to bet on Edin Terzic, a young novice who promised attacking football?
The answer is known to be: Terzic.
It is still not possible to answer whether this was right or wrong - although three of the seven Bundesliga games have since been lost. But the question is not even relevant to the current problems facing Dortmund.