Monday 10 March 2008
Roy Keane
once famously described Mick Mcarthy as "a crap manager and a crap player." For the record I agree with him- Mcarthy hardly set the world alight. It is worth noting however that Keane's record at Sunderland is fractionally worse than Mcarthy's right now. So what do we make of this- Roy Keane "great player, crap manager"?
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Isn't this another piece of 'wisdom' that requires challenging?
By this simple formula of 'great player = great manager' then wouldn't Pele and Maradona be the best managers in the world?
Instead men like Jose Mourinho, Rafael Benitez, SAF, and Sven are good managers.
That is not to say a great player can't be a great manager, but the idea that they already have a headstart is a nonsense. If it is about respect from the players, it takes more than a players reputation, founded on past glories, to sustain that.
for sure yeah- unremarkable players make the best coaches- as you say SAF, wenger, etc, also Moyes. this is because they have been forced to make the most out of what they have, and htink abouthte game more. they also needed to develop skills in leadership and communication to ensure their place in th team.
I would love to see Maradona coaching, although I think his mind and health woudl fail him. his tactics would be like Pele's in Escape TO Victory. But more outspoken.
"dale baludos, joderlos en el culo y hacen muchos goles!"
TRANS: "give it some big balls and fuck em in the arse, score lots of goals."
I actually imagine Keegan's team talks to be like this- minus the obscentities.
Well, they do say that the best players require the least coaching.
There was a quote from a Utd coach saying there was basically nothing he could tell Rooney about playing football!
There was also a story I read about a team playing a Utd reserve team and basically saying that physically, they could match them, but it was the speed of thought that made the difference, and that is something all great players have, it is what makes them great. For Keane, it must be frustrating, like dealing with the colourblind after working with a bunch of Picassos.
Sorry to use Utd to demonstrate my points, but it does make me smile even to think of the Ginger Prince, Mr Scholes, now if he could share some of his expertise with the next generation, that'd be brilliant.
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