Kenny Shiels celebrates new deal by announcing plans to strengthen Kilmarnock links with community After such a bold statement of intent it was no surprise to hear Shiels, who took over as interim manager when Mixu Paatelainen left to coach Finland in 2011 and then accepted the position for the whole of last season, state that he had hoped to get the chance to extend his time at Rugby Park. There was never any doubt in my mind that I would sign the contract. We had to consolidate seventh position in the Scottish Premier League and it would have been unfair for the chairman or myself to get in the way of that priority," said Shiels. Two years is only the first part of it. It's the preliminary part of my long-term project for Kilmarnock. I have enough integrity about me that I want to leave a legacy at the club. I've always been like that. If something happens to me, like I'm not doing my job properly for the first team, I want good stability underneath. That's important. It's the honest and honourable thing to do. I've worked under so many managers who haven't done that. At every club I've been at, I build long-term branches that will bear fruit even if I'm not there. It's all part of becoming a better person and I want to be a better person. I want the people who work for me to become better. The big part of that is the players. If we can work to our principles and we don't win a trophy and don't finish in the top six that may still be a successful season. We want the crowds back and we want them entertained. We measure success too much by its totality on the pitch. What happens to the club and the people around the club - especially after losing a family member at the League Cup final - is important. I've won trophies everywhere I've been and that's not being arrogant. I'm not putting pressure on our players by saying we can win another trophy next season. A provincial, non-city club, winning a trophy is unheard of in recent times in Scotland. So we can't set challenges that are above us but if we keep trying to be as good as we can possibly be we can have no failures. Meanwhile, the Kilmarnock chairman expressed the view that the Scottish Football Association and the SPL are close to the limits of how much punishment can be imposed on Rangers for financial transgressions committed under the ownership of Craig Whyte and perhaps by his predecessor as owner, Sir David Murray. "The club is traditionally recognised by the football authorities as something separate and distinct from the people or corporate entity that owns it," said Johnston. So you better ask yourself at some point how much the club should be punished for the errors of judgment of people in the past. The club suffered a 10-point penalty, which was the appropriate and only available penalty when it went into administration in terms of the SPL rules. It has been refused a Uefa licence by the SFA, so although it finished second in the league it won't take up its place in the Champions League qualifiers. Rangers have also had a transfer or player registration embargo imposed by the SFA for a year. So they are three very significant penalties, two of which are going to have an impact on them for at least another year. Anyone who takes over the club - who has done nothing wrong but simply has good intentions towards the club and its supporters - is going to have to deal with those consequences. Whether there should be more penalties imposed, which will have a further adverse effect on the club and new owners who are blameless, is a difficult issue to balance against the desire to inflict further punishment on the club due to the sins of previous owners. It's difficult for the football authorities to exercise jurisdiction over previous decision-makers at Rangers when they no longer have an involvement with the club. The SFA have already imposed a substantial fine on Mr Whyte for errors of judgment on his part and that's as far as they can go. This argument in relation to a newco, of sporting integrity and commercial necessity, and whether there should be more penalties or sanctions, has a whole load of factors which need to be discussed in detail and thrashed out if that newco route becomes a reality. At the moment, it isn't, so there's no decision for the other SPL member clubs to make. We just have to deal with the situation as we find it and no doubt there will be a few more twists and turns before we get to 4 August and the SPL kicks off again.