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Liverpool FC Forum / Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Last post by Suareznumber7 on Today at 11:21:40 pm »There are a couple of things John.
Firstly what doesn't get mentioned very often is how often these teams who have a Head Coach/Sporting Director model change their coach. The coach becomes disposable. If you were looking for a parallel in this Country then it would be Chelsea. If you were looking for the top clubs in Europe then you would look at Bayern and Madrid.
It sounds great the Sporting Director building a squad that extends beyond the lifespan of the Coach. The problem is it creates a dressing room with more power than the Coach. Look at how many times the Chelsea, Madrid or Bayern dressing room has downed tools and seen off a Coach.
Instead of the Sporting director being held to account he just blames the Coach for not utilising the players properly.
It's also a setup which is in every American sport so something that the owners are well aware of and comfortable with. I'm sure this has been said previously in this thread as well.