For about a week, ever since the German national team lost to Japan....there's been 5-star drama going on, and probably three minutes nightly wasted on telling the woeful story, the search for a new coach and how crappy the team has played.
I'm not a soccer 'freak'. Nor do I care that much for the sport (I probably watch seven or eight games a year).
What I tend to notice....it's a lot like basketball, and the coach is the central theme for 'passion' coming from the players.
If you have a passionate coach....he tends to make the players feel some passion for the game. If you have a marginalized coach who is mostly into technical aspects and special plays....your passion isn't there.
The coach who left (Flick) was a technical guy. He couldn't convey passion to the players. If you asked me to rate Flick....on paper, he knew more than 90-percent of the coaches in Germany.
Soccer is this odd sport where if you had mostly 3-star players on the team, and one single guy with enormous passion....sometimes playing way above his status....the team is unbeatable.
But soccer is also this sport where various analysts want to explain things, and go into one-hundred details over the game played. Blame gets dished for losses....with a big snow-shovel. This is one of the three big issues I have with the sport (fake injuries are another reason, along with red-card punishment....which I can't stand).
If you view a BILD newspaper this week.....this soccer drama is on page one, and will continue to be there until they hire a new coach.
Lot of BS? Well.....yeah.
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