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Greatness in One Thing Doesn’t Presume Greatness in Another, Diego

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Diego Maradona

Just because Michael Jordan was great at basketball, doesn’t mean he’s great at baseball.  Just because Arnold Schwarzenegger was a great (and we use that term loosely) actor, doesn’t mean he’s a good governator.  Just because Silvio Berlusconi is a great womanizer, doesn’t mean he can run a country or AC Milan for that matter.  And just because Maradona is one of football’s all-time greats, doesn’t mean he should be coaching Argentina.  We also suspect that he’d be a below average Argentine folk singer.

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Coaching

Management Under Fire (Counterpoint)

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Kool Aid Man Spill

My counterpoint to G.B.’s Management Under Fire post may not be as eloquent as the original post, but eloquence isn’t always my thing.  The thing is, unfortunately, coaches get blamed for everything and get fired after poor runs. But players are often allowed to suck regardless of the fact that they are megastars on fat salaries who are allowed to get drunk and do the robot on Sunday nights while hanging out of the sunroof of a moving vehicle.  It’s not just Rafa.  And it’s not just the coaches … although some of them are hot garbage.  The players need to be blamed as well.

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Coaching

Management Under Fire

by The Chairman
Gillet and Hicks

Liverpool owners: The two old guys from the gallery in the Muppet Show.

Liverpool Football Club is one of the biggest brands in football.  However, for the past two decades, the club has struggled to produce the consistent results in the Premier League. This season, four straight losses may signify the beginning of a crisis.  But this crisis is larger than inconsistent play on the pitch. It started in the back rooms of the club. Liverpool is struggling because of a management crisis because (drumroll):

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