Jack
13-09-2010, 01:22 PM
Every now and again there's a thread suggesting our managers should have an ‘advisor’, not a director of football but someone with experience who can talk with our management team about how things are going.
In the past I’ve suggested someone who maybe doesn’t want the day to day rigours of club football but has that wealth of experience that's difficult to ignore.
Our current manager is a young chap with limited experience, limited in that this is only really his second managerial job, he hasn’t yet put the years in of recognised ‘greats’ and nor could he have been expected to have done so.
In all walks of business the leaders of our largest organisations have mentors, there's no reason football should be any different.
IMO our last couple of managers could have been a success with the right type of mentoring. They’ve been taught the basics with the coaching badges – now its time for the masterclass.
Nobody could deny John Toshack’s pedigree;
Wales
AS Saint-Étienne
Besiktas Istanbul
Deportivo de La Coruña
Wales
Real Sociedad
Real Madrid
Real Sociedad
Sporting Lisbon
Swansea City
The very type of person I meant in these earlier threads.
I want Yogi to be the Hibs manager for a long time, he has a passion for the club that would be nigh on impossible to find in another manager. Like his predecessors he’s at the start of learning his trade. The appointment of John Toshack as our management teams mentor could be the difference between Yogi being leading a good management team or leading a fantastic one.
In terms of investment what Hibs have achieved is superb. Now it’s time to invest on the playing/coaching side of things. Hiring John Toshack would be peanuts in comparison with costs elsewhere at Hibs.
In the past I’ve suggested someone who maybe doesn’t want the day to day rigours of club football but has that wealth of experience that's difficult to ignore.
Our current manager is a young chap with limited experience, limited in that this is only really his second managerial job, he hasn’t yet put the years in of recognised ‘greats’ and nor could he have been expected to have done so.
In all walks of business the leaders of our largest organisations have mentors, there's no reason football should be any different.
IMO our last couple of managers could have been a success with the right type of mentoring. They’ve been taught the basics with the coaching badges – now its time for the masterclass.
Nobody could deny John Toshack’s pedigree;
Wales
AS Saint-Étienne
Besiktas Istanbul
Deportivo de La Coruña
Wales
Real Sociedad
Real Madrid
Real Sociedad
Sporting Lisbon
Swansea City
The very type of person I meant in these earlier threads.
I want Yogi to be the Hibs manager for a long time, he has a passion for the club that would be nigh on impossible to find in another manager. Like his predecessors he’s at the start of learning his trade. The appointment of John Toshack as our management teams mentor could be the difference between Yogi being leading a good management team or leading a fantastic one.
In terms of investment what Hibs have achieved is superb. Now it’s time to invest on the playing/coaching side of things. Hiring John Toshack would be peanuts in comparison with costs elsewhere at Hibs.