Coaching Buzz - What The Managers Say - Part 6
Hello once again folks, yesterday was a very good day after a couple of off-days.
I went to bed at 8:15pm and I have my energy back, writing these posts gives positivity and my eyes are good today too.
The birds were having their usual squabble, there seems to be a family that visits and all they do is argue.
Sat overlooking Folkestone Harbour and there were 9 boats on the horizon, 3 smaller boats and what looked like a search boat that stopped at the harbour.
A pleasant half an hour watching the world and listening to the birds, shopping (including 150 fat balls for the birds) and back home for an interesting day at the Tour de France.
Right onto Tottenham Tittle Tattle and another part of what the managers say while we wait for another inevitable signing or more likely a departure sowe can sign someone.
These people have an agenda and they distort the truth to try and make a point or support their hatred, which can't in any shape or form be considered supporting the club.
The All or Nothing episodes released show these people do nothing to help the players or club.
Manager and players have to put up with these armchair experts who have no qualifications, no experience, no idea what affect an action causes.
A component of any leader is a mindset for continued growth and learning.
You don't see it in these people which is why they'll never be leaders, always followers, never achieve, always underachieve.
You see Daniel Levy being at the forefront of trying to bring spectatos back to the Premier League, he has several times suggested using The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as a test stadium for the reintroduction of fans.
Once again he has stolen a march on his rivals and positioned the club where it can benefit most and where the fans can benefit most.
The pressure on a club, on a chairman and on a manager are threefold, long-term, short-term and instant.
The long-term is the journey, is where you want the club to go, the legacy.
For Tottenham this is rivalling Barcelona and Real Madrid both on and off the field, lofty ambitions, but achievable with the potential for business growth we have such as breaking into the American market through the potential the NFL deal offers.
The short-term is about making good decisions and getting instant results.
Anyone who has taken the time and study to delve into the world of José Mourinho will know he is driven to stay at the top of the game, hence the challenge at Tottenham was a big opportunity.
OK it has been made more difficult by the pandemic but the challenge doesn't change, turn Spurs into winners.
Regardless of what the 90 minute supporter says, Spurs are not that far off, the team were in a Champions League Final not long ago so they haven't suddenly become useless overnight, as some would have you believe.
The only ingredient we didn't have then was the mentality which the Mourinho broom is certainly bringing on board.
"I think it is very important for every manager to have their own philosophy for everything – the way you want your team to play, the way you want to lead your team, the way you want to work every day – everything must be very specific."I think you have to learn from people with more experience who have had success, but always keep your own personal identity."José Mourinho
Sound leaders tend to accept responsibility rather than deflect it.
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg was told in meeting before he signed him that he wanted him to take responsibility,to take charge of the midfield on the pitch and you can see he is already directing operations to the other players.
Joe Hart, another with a winning mentality made a telling remark when he was signed about knowing how to change a club, to turn them into winners, he has been there and done it so clearly part of the pre-signing discussion with Mourinho was on that being part of his role, his responsibility.
You can see from these two incidences that putting a team, a squad together, isn't just assemble players who can play football, there is more to it than that, there has to be something that gives them a sense of purpose.
Who do you see accepting responsibility in our team and who are the followers?
Are the followers committed?
Are there players who are not on board?
What players can realistically be moved on and who can realistically be brought in?
It is all pretty clear this window, just a question of getting everything done and three through the door is a good start.
A leader has his philosophy and must stick to it, he must retain his integrity, that's why it was quite comical listening to people saying Spurs were changing direction.
Daniel Levy wasn't, he was just bringing in a like minded winner and obviously would have discussed every detail including finances and transfer policy before signing Mourinho to bring his winning philosophy into the club.
However much they stamp their feet and shout, Daniel Levy isn't going to take any notice of the 90 minute fan they aren't winners.
What Mourinho would have encountered in Levy is a leader who stay true to his philosophy, true to himself you might say and that can be inspirational in itself.
Daniel Levy will have found the same in José Mourinho, an unshakeable inspirational belief.
The two have the same goal, the same mindset and the same detailed approach.
The test in that relationship will come when the stadium has been full for a season or two and we step up the class of player we then buy, but I don't see an issue.
Daniel Levy will spend the money when we have money to spend, ashe did last summer.
We have signed 8 players in little over a year.
Mourinho has had to engage with the players and get them behind his beliefs in a way that they are inspired by them and driven by them to achieve their own goals and the teams.
Leaders never stop learning, so a player who isn't learning, is only staying at his level, has a problem which needs tackling, he needs to learn to refocus.
The coach or the psychologist can tackle this, but why have the coach do it if you have an expert in their profession on board.
A coach's job is to surround himself with an expert team he can rely on,a psychologist should be a standard part of that in my view.
"You have to keep learning. I always say that to the coaches and players.
"Even when I’m coaching the under-12s, I tell them “you haven’t come here to have fun – you’ve come here to learn. So listen, learn and work at it."I’m here to teach you and it’s not much fun if you don’t learn."My fun comes from you learning. I know I’m a good teacher because I’ve taught a lot of people to become good players."But I’m no good if you don’t learn so you’ve got to play your part in it.”Dario Gradi
I can concur with that when I was coaching, the pleasure from someone putting into practice in a game situation something you have taught them is immense, it fills you with pride.
That is what keeps you going, that is what keeps you coaching.
It is true at any level.
Mourinho is teaching and when he sees things put into practice, he'll get the same buzz.
The supporter, well the 90 minute supporter, wants everything instantly but change takes time, learning takes time.
You don't just tell someone something once and expect them to have grasped every nuance.
Trial and error.
Try something taught in a game and it doesn't work, what then?
That player has a mental battle to undertake with his inner voice.
The subconscious shields us from pain.
Trying and failing is mental pain.
So in the same situation, the subconscious is telling the player not to try the same thing again, but the coach wants him to, the coach wants him to learn from his mistakes.
He has to overcome that mental battle.
Does he take the safe option and stay in his shell, take the easy way out?
Or does he try the hard way, the way that may involve pain, the way he tried and failed before?
This is again where his mentality comes in and his character comes to the fore.
Why does a player with space in front of him pass backwards?
Why does he not use that space to try and create something?
We see this with full-backs.
Is it because they don't trust themselves, don't trust their ability?
Have they got a mindset that is shielding them from pain?
If I don't try, I can't fail.
Release that mindset, have a can-do mindset, and I'll discuss this in an upcoming post you won't want to miss, and you end up with a player like Alexander Trent-Arnold or Andrew Robertson, the full-backs at Liverpool.
We have signed Matt Doherty because he is the second most productive from right-back in the Premier League.
The person that you are, triumphs over the person that you want to be.
Unless you commit to change, you won't change and who you are will simply come to the fore and stop you.
Those that success are those who decide what they have isn't good enough and are committed to striving for more.
Lose that drive to improve and you'll stagnate then go backwards, stagnation is what people look for, it isn't what coaches look for.
As theologian Reinhold Niebuhr said: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
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