With fan fury intensifying in the aftermath of an embarrassing Champions League play-off exit, Martin vowed to fight on as Rangers boss.
And despite going a fourth straight league game without a win, a goalless draw with Old Firm rivals Celtic provided the head coach with crumbs of hope.
However, it proved to be a false dawn.
In their next game, high-flying Hearts romped to a 2-0 victory at a stormy Ibrox, with clouds conjured so thick that even a perfunctory League Cup quarter-final win over Hibs could not stop the rumbles of discontent amid more fan protests.
Defeat to a bang average Genk at home in the Europa League saw Martin become increasingly rattled.
By this point, a chunk of fans had made their mind up, even if the Rangers hierarchy had not. A 90th-minute winner away to newly-promoted Livingston last Sunday was met with hostility.
So to was a defeat away to Sturm Graz midweek, with footage on social media of fans confronting the club’s bosses about their plight painting a grim picture.
By the time Falkirk’s Henry Cartwright equalised on Sunday, there was no way back. Or forward, in the case of the Rangers team bus that was barricaded in post match.
When it eventually slithered out and on the road to Glasgow, Martin was not on it. Instead, the Rangers head coach was smuggled out in the back of a car, never to be seen in his post again.