Quote SomersetSaint="SomersetSaint"Two things make a successful manager in any field:
Communication - he has to be able to communicate equally effectiavely to his players, to his Chairman, to press and to the supporters. Roy Keane showed that ignoring the people with the purse strings is ultimately futile, and Tony Adams lack of communication abilities probably cost him his chance of being a successful head coach.
Team building - A coach needs to be able to builld a strong team, not just on the pitch, but probably equally importantly off it. Clive Woodward did that with England, Gatland is doing it at Wales now (along with Edwards). Anderson was greatly helped at Saints by his staff, especially with the likes of Perelini who had huge respect from the players.'"
Excellent point there!
Another example would be Man Utd all the players that go there seem to improve no end after a season or two there. They are all forced to adopt high standards set by the senior players and if they don’t like it then they are soon out.
A good coach as you say creates the right environment for his players to progress and develop. Clive Woodward was an absolute master of it at England he brought in and surrounded himself with all the best coaches he could get his hands on, he got the team training at the best facilities and used the same base for all the England training camps. Add to that he was using what were advanced training techniques stolen from numerous other fields and you have a recipe for success.
I’ve said it before but I’d love an innovator like that to come to Wigan and maximise the unrivalled potential we have in the town. We’ve got a huge talented junior base, top facilities with Orrell and one of the premier reputations in the whole sport. We should at least me able to attract a better standard of fitness coaches than Forshaw shouldn’t we?
