Best NT coach?

Discussion in 'The Beautiful Game' started by MIGkiller, May 15, 2003.

  1. MIGkiller

    MIGkiller Member+

    Flamengo
    Brazil
    May 9, 2003
    Rio de Janeiro
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Big Phil rulez.
     
  2. Elninho

    Elninho Member+

    Sacramento Republic FC
    United States
    Oct 30, 2000
    Sacramento, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hiddink, with Scolari and Arena close behind.

    I don't think South Korea's next coach is going to have them playing anywhere near as well as they did under Hiddink.

    Scolari completely shook up the Brazilian lineup, abandoning the 4-4-2 in favor of three central defenders to take advantage of the strengths of Roberto Carlos and Cafu. It's almost unthinkable - a Brazilian coach adjusting his game plan to maximize his players' strengths, as opposed to simply looking good! It won them a World Cup.

    Arena led possibly the most tactically flexible team at the World Cup, playing 5 different starting lineups and 4 different formations in 5 matches and using 19 of the players on his 23-man roster. His team demonstrated that it could hold its own playing o jogo bonito, catenaccio, or anything in between. And there are few coaches who are as good as Arena at man management.
     
  3. angus_hooligan

    angus_hooligan New Member

    May 15, 2001
    Chicago
    I like Beckenbauer even though I hate Ze Germans.
    He had a good run.
     
  4. comme

    comme Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 21, 2003
    If we're talking how good the managers are then it is Erikson or (even better) Trapattoni.
    If we're talking about what they have achieved as National manager then Scolari's record is pretty good.
     
  5. Green Tabasco

    Green Tabasco New Member

    May 3, 2003
    Voeller by far. Germany was in a slump. Look how he turned them around...
     

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