The farce around Rangnick's rejection lets look deep.
She turns the spotlight on the self-perception of what is probably still the most popular German football club after Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
Thanks to the remarkably well-functioning displacement mechanisms, a rejection was effectively filtered out under certain conditions.
At Schalke, however, they are currently bracing themselves particularly vehemently against uncomfortable truths.
On Sunday morning, however, Ralf Rangnick and his advisor finally got too colorful.