There is much controversy over the topic that whether a great player can become a great coach more easily than others. Some may hold the view that great players often become great coaches when they retire, while others believe that it's not necessarily the case. So, what are your thoughts on this?
tropicalda
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Great question. To put it simply, Coaching at a high level does require an indepth understanding of the game AND experience playing it. BUT it also requires you to be able to teach, to mentor, to problem solve, to recognise leadership and delegate accordingly, to look after players welfare, to provide inspriation and occasionally to be a counciller and a friend. These are skills that being the BEST at a certain sport doesn't teach you. The odds of one of the best players also being a highly effective coach are actually quite small
musbimrsy
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Well we have Maradonna and Jose Mourinho.One is a great player but was an awful manager I mean real awful.One was normal player but one of the best managers ever.And about football players midfielders often become better managers than others just like Zizou Cryuff Guardiola and anceloti.
FreddyTherock
201
I think it also depends on the players and club that they are managing. A club like Monaco I don't think Zizou or Pep, Deschamps can do better than Henry at this stage of the club.
datsama
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I don't think being a great player is a criteria to become a great coach, some of the greatest players of all time go on to become great coaches but for others reverse is the case. great players like maradona, g novel and even thierry henry although is too early to call him a failure but he hasn't start on a good note.
RealMd13
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😂 I think to make a great coach you gotta to be someone who played as a midfielder sometime in your life because a Midfielders always smarter than a forwards cuz all the forwards needs is the ability to score while a midfielders needs to have the ability to 1 start an attack 2 defend your defense 3 make difficult passes 4 finding space 5 set up plays 6 holdin onto the ball ⚽️ so for me a great manager is someone who knows how to get his team out of trouble as faster as he can and thats why every good coach always Create A deadly midfield trios Pep had Xavi Inesta and Busquets and now has KD17 David silva and Fernadinho and Zidane had Kroos Luka modric and Casemiro so for me a Forward or a defender cant make a Good coach cuz the didnt spend enough time with there coaches and what you have to know is every coach focus on Midfield more than they focus on the forwards so thats what I think 🙏🏾
Henryrukis
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there is a great difference between being a coach and being a footballer .the fact that you're a great footballer is not a criteria that you must be a great coach. coaches have more pressure than footballers.when the team are playing well, the glory go to the team. but when the team is not playing well, the coach face criticism. any footballer that really want to be a great coach must be ready to learn .pay attention to even the smallest things because it's all about technicalities. once that is done, you're good to go .
zeoabilmyz
128
On paper it may seem so , taking examples from Zidane and Guardiola , but in reality, opposite is the case , Henry and Gattuso are still struggling to find their level , yet it still boils down to the quote of one American great basketball player, " If you don't play the game, you don't coach the game" pre -knowledge of everything you do is vital .
shariffeyyulegunshot
121
I think Dele Alli will be a coach and he will be like sarri . Look very well this picture I think Dele Is admiring to be coach and to start to smoke like sarri👎👎👎
datsama
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I don't think being a great player is a criteria to become a great coach, some of the greatest players of all time go on to become great coaches but for others reverse is the case. great players like maradona, g novel and even thierry henry although is too early to call him a failure but he hasn't start on a good note., , are finding it difficult to replicate what they did as players in the dugout .
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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It's just about how you perceive football as a player and if that philosophy works as a coach. I mean, Look at What Zidane did and look at what Henry did. Both 2 of the best in their time but whereas one left the club the coached and it turned terrible, the other joined the club they coach and turned it terrible. The ideals and philosophy as well as tactical superiority play a huge role. Maybe it also has to do with positions the coaches played with that broadens their view. For example a midfielder would have a much better perception of both attack and defence than a striker would on both for example. Notice how most the good coaches are either Defenders or mostly Midfielders. I think their positions allowed them to learn a lot from observing on the pitch with a greater view as opposed to an attacker who really only sees the goal in front of him... I hope this sorta makes sense. My personal opinion....
Braddy
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Players that have spent time on the bench have gone on to become even better coaches because they most likely lacked natural talent and had to think their way onto the field. When you have blazing speed, athletic ability and decent skills that come naturally to you then that is what you rely on. You don’t need to think; you can just walk onto the field and let the natural ability you are blessed with take over. If we look at some of the best coaches in the world we will learn they didn’t play at the highest level. Just a few prime examples are Arsene Wenger (amateur), Rafael Benitez (Real Madrid youth player), and Jose Mourinho (94 senior level games). These coaches have won some of the most glorious European trophies you can get your hands on. In contrast, if we look at Diego Maradona and Pele, two of the all-time greatest players who went on to coach, we will find they could not come close to the success of Wenger, Benitez, and Mourinho. Maradona has failed as a coach and was clearly outcoached as his team lost to a less skilled but more tactically prepared and adaptable team (Germany) at the World Cup. His inability to read the game was very evident. The wonder kid Pele has made a name for himself as a poor analyst. After his retirement, Pele was often hired for his expert opinion. Yet he too frequently came up with inaccurate and sometimes comical analysis of players and games. So do great players make great coaches? Personally, I don’t think so. I think great coaches are made just like great players are made. Great players are made from scratch and spend time honing their basic skills. Great players work their way up the youth ladder until they are ready to conquer the senior (Pro) level. It’s the same with great coaches. They need to start from scratch, learn the basics, and work their way up from there as well. If we go back to Wenger, Benitez and Mourinho, all three of these great coaches put in their hours in the youth game. They learned the basics of how to teach and break down the game for young minds to understand. They spent time at the youth level before moving on to the senior level, where more advanced coaching skills are necessary; skills such as player management and tactical adjustments during the game