Stuart Taylor revealed he didn’t want to come down to the touchline against Kilmarnock but he wanted to take responsibility.
The new Hamilton Accies boss was expected to watch the full game from the stands but he headed for the dugout for the final 15 minutes.
Scott Robinson had just scored Kilmarnock’s second goal as Accies fell to a 2-0 defeat in the Championship.
Taylor decided to leave the stands to join interim managers George Cairns and Guillaume Beuzelin in a display of solidarity.
“I really, really didn’t want to come down,” Taylor admitted. “I spoke to Boozy and George before I came in.
“I just felt that after the second goal went in that I’d go down to see if anything was needed and to help out a little bit.
“I want to create the mentality where we are all in it together. I wanted us all to stay strong and finish the game as well as possible.
“I didn’t want anybody to think that I was just sitting back and thinking it had nothing to do with me.
“It’s not the way that I am. It’s about taking responsibility and I’m obviously there to lead things and that’s exactly what I was doing.
“I didn’t want to be passing blame because that’s not me. We are in this together, we win together and we lose together.
“We stand together and we need to make sure that we have that hunger, passion and belief.
“It’s not just players and staff. It’s everybody including supporters, directors and businesses that invest in the club.
“We all want to win together and it’s as simple as that.”
Taylor was officially unveiled as Accies head coach on Friday and he reiterated his trust in Beuzelin and Cairns to take the game.
His decision to allow the interim pair to take charge of the Kilmarnock clash was influenced by a similar situation that he experienced at Aston Villa.
The 46-year-old said: “I said to them on Friday that I wanted them to finish training and finish off the week.
"I wanted them to do whatever they thought was best and for them to enjoy the game.
“They’d worked with them all week. It happened to me before at Aston Villa when Paul Lambert left and Tim Sherwood came in.
“We played in the cup against Leicester and we won the game. Tim allowed us to continue and I thought it was brilliant because it gave us the belief and experience.
“It happened again when Tim left before Remi Garde arrived against Tottenham.
"It was great to be allowed to do that because the confidence going into the game was fantastic.
“I wanted to repay that and they’d worked with the lads all week.
"There was no point in me coming in the day before the game and changing the plan.
“That would have confused the lads. There will be clear lines of communication and everybody will know exactly what their job is.”
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