Within hours of Shinnosuke Abe’s Monday arrest for domestic assault, the Yomiuri Giants manager submitted his resignation on Tuesday, presenting the organization with a monumental challenge.

The challenge isn’t about how to move forward with a new manager to win more games than the team loses this season, but how to control the damage and sweep as much of the necessary repair work under the carpet in order to preserve a carefully managed team tradition.

Police showed up to Abe’s Tokyo home Monday night, answering a call from his 18-year-old eldest daughter. Abe said he tried to break up a fight between his two daughters, was enraged when the older one gave him some lip, and shoved her to the floor. Police reported that there was alcohol on the skipper’s breath.