NickM
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What does the manager of Hull FC do that the ex-manager of Spurs didn't do?
I'm not particularly interested in football per se, more in how it is that some managers, sometimes, get footballers to win matches against all expectation. For example (thanks to Wikipedia for facts):
In 1992, Mike Walker was promoted from youth team coach to first team manager at Carrow Road and gave Norwich City their highest ever finishing position (third) and qualification for the UEFA Cup, after leading the league for most of the season. They went on to beat Bayern Munich in Munich, possibly the finest moment in their history.
This apparently outstanding manager then went to Everton, where he was eventually sacked having spent just ten months in charge and recorded only six league wins, the worst record of any post-war Everton manager. Why?
Walker was brought back to Norwich in 1996 by new owner Delia Smith, but was decidedly unable to recreate his success in the environment in which he had formerly done so well. Why?
I'm not particularly interested in football per se, more in how it is that some managers, sometimes, get footballers to win matches against all expectation. For example (thanks to Wikipedia for facts):
In 1992, Mike Walker was promoted from youth team coach to first team manager at Carrow Road and gave Norwich City their highest ever finishing position (third) and qualification for the UEFA Cup, after leading the league for most of the season. They went on to beat Bayern Munich in Munich, possibly the finest moment in their history.
This apparently outstanding manager then went to Everton, where he was eventually sacked having spent just ten months in charge and recorded only six league wins, the worst record of any post-war Everton manager. Why?
Walker was brought back to Norwich in 1996 by new owner Delia Smith, but was decidedly unable to recreate his success in the environment in which he had formerly done so well. Why?