Okay, well, now I know you really didn’t watch the clip.
Not sure how far you went playing football, but Paul Scholes played for 30 years and at an elite, elite level. Youth club teams, youth National teams at various ages. 10s of thousands of hours on the training pitch. He had, what, maybe on the low end, at least 100 coaches he had come across. Man United has probably 3-4 first team coaches at any one time, cycling through. 19 seasons in the PL.
For him to say, “for me, he’s the best coach ever” is a huge compliment. He’s not saying he’s a better manager, he’s saying he’s the best coach he ever worked with on the training pitch. It has nothing to do with Sir Alex. It’s about doing the system work on the field and teaching the nuances of a system of play. For Paul Scholes, it’s not hyperbole, it’s truth, based on his experience.
The point still stands: Both Owen and Scholes hold Steve McLaren in very high regard as a coach. Ten Hag is not using his coaches to teach tactics, or at least not McLaren, as these tactics are absolute dog shit.
Going to save everyone’s time here and just say that no matter how crappy those two are as pundits, in this arena, training, coaching, both of them are WAY more qualified to comment both on quality of coaching and specific coaches they’ve worked with than any knob in the Caf. Show some fecking respect.