Normally I like members of staff if possible to have high attributes for (a) determination, (b) discipline, and (c) motivation. Here, however, I\u2019m less worried about those things for the simple reason that I believe that I\u2019m strong on each of those myself.<\/p>\n
Motivation I\u2019ll not worry about \u2013 nice to have, but I can do my own team talks.<\/p>\n
When it comes to determination and discipline, my approach will be to satisfice rather than maximise, That is, I couldn\u2019t countenance appointing someone who was really weak at those things \u2013 it would damage the fabric of the set-up \u2013 but I don\u2019t need them to be really strong.<\/p>\n
What I do want is someone who can compensate for my relative weaknesses \u2013 areas such as (d) working with youngsters and (e) man management.<\/p>\n
I would also like someone who is strong in the areas of (f) judgment of ability and (g) tactical knowledge so that they can offer me advice \u2013 for example, on the setting up of opposition instruction.<\/p>\n
Such a person will be any good to me, however, only if their overall approach to coaching and to the game is compatible with mine. It\u2019s unlikely that I\u2019ll find a perfect match. But I certainly want to avoid someone who likes to play direct. I\u2019d particularly welcome someone who likes to inculcate a passing game. An emphasis on mental coaching would be welcome too \u2013 you can never have too much of that in my opinion.<\/p>\n
And, of course, the successful candidate will need at least an acceptable personality. I don\u2019t want any slack or casual types, for example.<\/p>\n
Finally, he or she will need to be able to contribute to the coaching. We\u2019re already covered on tactical and technical coaching (my own strengths), fitness and goalkeeping (areas in which we\u2019ve already offered staff contracts), so the key areas are (h) defence, (i) attack, and (j) shooting coaching.<\/p>\n
So my procedure on this occasion will be:<\/p>\n
Normally I like members of staff if possible to have high attributes for (a) determination, (b) discipline, and (c) motivation. Here, however, I\u2019m less worried about those things for the simple reason that I believe that I\u2019m strong on each of those myself. Motivation I\u2019ll not worry about \u2013 nice to have, but I can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":13832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,90],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n