Flick was unproven when he got the Bayern job.
He was assistant coach of German national team for 8 years, including their biggest successes.
He had huge input in their tactics, and that was known, that's why Bayern hired him.
Nothing like Xavi.
And in general, this is not a time for bets for Barca.
It's a time to go with a proven WC or close to that level coach
He was assistant coach of German national team for 8 years, including their biggest successes.
He had huge input in their tactics, and that was known, that's why Bayern hired him.
Nothing like Xavi.
And in general, this is not a time for bets for Barca.
It's a time to go with a proven WC or close to that level coach
Bayern hired him because they fired Niko Kovac and couldn't bring in someone else at that time. He was named only interim coach at first, but got the job full-time when Bayern started clicking under him.
Being an assistant coach for Germany doesn't mean he was an established, experienced top class coach.
I'm not even disagreeing with you that Barca should hire a top class coach, but Flick wasn't one when Bayern hired him. Judging by your standards he wouldn't be hired.
Most of the very big-name managers in the last 15-20 years had breakout seasons after being largely unproven or with no experience at prior good teams before getting a big job. Mourinho at Porto, Guardiola at Barcelona, Zidane at Madrid, Klopp at Dortmund. Probably others too.
Yeah.
Evaluating how good someone can be as a coach is tough anyway. Arteta and Domenec Torrent, two of Pep's former assistants look pretty bad right now.
Ideally you want someone with experience, but unless we're hiring Pep, Klopp, Tuchel, Conte or maybe even Pochettino there's no guarantee that guy will work.
We're taking a gamble regardless.
Most of the very big-name managers in the last 15-20 years had breakout seasons after being largely unproven or with no experience at prior good teams before getting a big job. Mourinho at Porto, Guardiola at Barcelona, Zidane at Madrid, Klopp at Dortmund. Probably others too.
I will say Barca is one of the only bigger clubs that get lower rated coaches an let them prove themselves on the big stage. Rijkaard, Pep, Lucho... they all had success with good future job prospects due to Barcelona. My only concern with Xavi coming is the fact all of his pal haven't left yet. I be fine if they offload Alba, Busquets, Messi, and Pique. Xavi deserves a clean slate with players he personally haven't dealt with.
Nearly all German clubs do it. Tuchel, Klopp both were nobodies on the big stage prior to Dortmund. Nagelsmann was nonexistent prior to Leipzig. So, the german clubs except for Bayern don't really hire big names, but look to bring in talented guys who can become great. Even Bayern are known to make bets with new-wave managers (see Kovac, Flick).
Dortmund now hired Marco Rose. Could be the next interesting German manager to have soon make his debut on the big stage.
Not really. He took over Hoffenheim as a 28 year old during the season when they were in relegation zone, saved them and then led them to the CL next season.