Always knew Ole would do well, people were shortsighted and unfairly pointed to his time at Cardiff, however, for me, it was his time as a Man Utd reserve team manager during one of our most successful periods (2008-2011) and what he achieved after that (may sound silly but remain objective).
Taking that experience to a team who had never won their respective league and built a structure there where he was able to reverse engineer whatever he had observed and learned while at United as part of the coaching staff and winning back to back titles (in a less competitive league admittedly) it indicated to me that he had learned something and was able to reverse engineer whatever he had learned at United and implement it in Molde.
IMO - Pep had far fewer credentials as a first-team coach when he took over Barcelona in comparison to when Ole took over at United (he had successfully Managed first-team football for over something like 400 games) and people seem to think Pep's a top coach. Between Moyes getting rid of our backroom staff and Woodward selling out by appointing Jose - Ole was exactly what we needed.
I was really nervous when it seemed sections of the fanbase wanted Ole out honestly, people have no idea how far back ANY new manager IMO will take us back - For me, people should be really patient with Ole. Admittedly he'll continue to make some howler mistakes (e.g. I cannot understand how Maguire is on the pitch let alone our captain) but he will get it right in the end IMO.
People haggle over philosophers and tacticians our greatest manager was none of those - I recall Naglesman back during his time at Hoffenheim when I first came across him (2011 I believe) he said in an interview back then that football was 20% tactics and 80% social skills - as someone who has managed staff for half of my career you'll be surprised how motivation often trumps strategy. Don't believe me? Ask Arteta.
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Taking that experience to a team who had never won their respective league and built a structure there where he was able to reverse engineer whatever he had observed and learned while at United as part of the coaching staff and winning back to back titles (in a less competitive league admittedly) it indicated to me that he had learned something and was able to reverse engineer whatever he had learned at United and implement it in Molde.
IMO - Pep had far fewer credentials as a first-team coach when he took over Barcelona in comparison to when Ole took over at United (he had successfully Managed first-team football for over something like 400 games) and people seem to think Pep's a top coach. Between Moyes getting rid of our backroom staff and Woodward selling out by appointing Jose - Ole was exactly what we needed.
I was really nervous when it seemed sections of the fanbase wanted Ole out honestly, people have no idea how far back ANY new manager IMO will take us back - For me, people should be really patient with Ole. Admittedly he'll continue to make some howler mistakes (e.g. I cannot understand how Maguire is on the pitch let alone our captain) but he will get it right in the end IMO.
People haggle over philosophers and tacticians our greatest manager was none of those - I recall Naglesman back during his time at Hoffenheim when I first came across him (2011 I believe) he said in an interview back then that football was 20% tactics and 80% social skills - as someone who has managed staff for half of my career you'll be surprised how motivation often trumps strategy. Don't believe me? Ask Arteta.
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