Jets coach Miller and assistant Luciano Trani were sensationally ousted in midweek, only a month out from the start of the new A-League season.

There has been widespread speculation about the actual reasons behind their sackings although the Jets have cited a confidentiality clause and not told the full story.

It’s left McKinna in an awkward position trying to save the club’s ailing public image following the events which is all too familiar for the Hunter club.

McKinna said the club had received around 40 emails and phone calls from dissatisfied members talking about cancelling their memberships.

“I’ll phone each one of them individually on Monday and, without going in depth, go through the basics of what’s happened,” McKinna told FourFourTwo.

“Their memberships are valued to us. I want to explain there are two sides to the story.

“The last thing I wanted was getting rid of coaches just weeks out from the new season.”

McKinna has been public in stating the decision to sack Miller came from chairman Martin Lee, who headed up the Ledman Group which bought the club in June.

The Jets CEO insisted speculation that the new owners were intent on sacking Miller from the outset of their reign were incorrect.

“If the owners wanted to get rid of Scott Miller that would have happened when they bought the club, that wasn’t the case,” McKinna said.

“Scott miller was kept at the club to go through this season and hopefully be successful.

“Some people were under the impression this was always planned. No it wasn’t planned because if it was, it would’ve been done earlier.”

McKinna also implored Jets fans to maintain the faith in the club.

“The club will always be here longer than any player or manager, that’s football,” he said.

“It’s important when times are tough you support your club. That’s all I can ask, support your club, get behind your team.

“We’ll be doing our best when the new coach is in.”

He also rejected suggestions any new coach would be able to fall back on the squad not being ‘their’s’ as a reason for failure.

“Some people are saying the new coach will have this excuse but any coach who takes the job will be taking it because he thinks he can do something with this squad, not looking for an excuse because it’s not his squad,” he said.

“That’ll be part of the process. I’ll ask, ‘we understand it’s not your squad but it’s a decent squad, can you work with this squad?’

“I wouldn’t be expecting anybody to use that as an excuse.”

McKinna told FourFourTwo on Saturday he hopes to have a new coach and assistant in place within a fortnight. He will compile a shortlist on Monday.