Managers' mindsets

Nuno was a keeper.

Roberto Manchini was a huge flair player, but played like a chicken at Man City with sometimes 3 holding midfielders and zero risk when they were already oil rich.
Van Basten one of the greatest strikers of all time and yet blamed RvN when he couldn't score knowing fully well why as a former striker (his tactics while managing NT sucked at supplying the centre forward).

The only thing that's generally true is that former players at the very very top level (Maradona, Gullit, Henry, Neville, Lampard etc.) mostly don't turn out to be good coaches because they find it incomprehensible that their players can't do something 'simple' (for them) consistently which is the hardest thing to do for footballers with average talent

The only thing that's generally true is that former players at the very very top level (Maradona, Gullit, Henry, Neville, Lampard etc.) mostly don't turn out to be good coaches because they find it incomprehensible that their players can't do something 'simple' (for them) consistently which is the hardest thing to do for footballers with average talent
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Not sure this is true, it’s a line rolled out because it was something Hoddle said. I’ve not seen it really attributed to the failures of those managers. There’s been a few very top level players that have been good managers as well.

comment by Roy The King Chipolina (U10026)
posted 39 minutes ago

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Not sure this is true, it’s a line rolled out because it was something Hoddle said. I’ve not seen it really attributed to the failures of those managers. There’s been a few very top level players that have been good managers as well.
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It's definitely a part of the problem as some of them admitted as much in interviews (Gullit, Lampard and I believe Maradona in his earlier coaching days). Top level players becoming elite coaches are very much the exception (Anchelotti, Pep, Cruyff), although the likes of Gerrard and Gio will be fine and turn into decent managers as long as they don't go full Keane in their man management...

Have they actually said that? Hoddle didn’t even say it was incomprehensible, and he’s the most famous case of commenting on that difficultly with lesser talented players. There’s far bigger issues for them with management than that. They all know full well the difference between extremely talented players and average ones having played with them for years in their careers.

Most top level players don’t all go into management anyway, usually they’ve made more than enough money and have little interest in it. So it’s not really valid point to generalise regarding their failures.

And there’s a clear difference between not being good and not being elite. They are different claims you are making.

Dalglish fits into the category

Pep was a good player but is now an elite manager

Cruyff was both.

Back to the OP's question. Gullit tried to play 'sexy' Football which fitted with his style of play but in general, not many managers have a style of play that mimicked their playing career.

Simeone, massive caaaant as a player and coaches his team to be massive caaants too.

comment by Roy The King Chipolina (U10026)
posted 20 hours, 31 minutes ago
Spurs were massive, dirty cheaters under Poch.
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