Who do you think could be a good candidate to succeed Favre? I'm somewhat at a loss for names right now.
I've often wondered whether BVB should start looking at foreign top managers too, whether approaching for example Pochettino could be realistic and a good idea.
Now, Favre has overseen very poor performances and hugely disappointing moments at BVB before, and always managed to bounce back somewhat. Is this time different?
The collapse in Favre's first season was disappointing, but as whole it was still a success, given how badly the previous year ended under Stöger. In his second season he probably had one foot in the grave, but just then he pulled out the 343 and after that performances were consistently quite good. Whereas a year ago the team's problem was that they would go up with Favre's football, but then squander the lead the problem now is that they can't create chances at all. Haaland and dead ball situations compensated a lot for that, but today's match looked like he lost the team and given that the problems are so fundamental and that he quite likely wouldn't have his contract extended next summer anyway I find it hard to imagine him bouncing back.
Rose and Nagelsmann would obviously be the most logical candidates, but Nagelsmann will probably look for a bigger job once he leaves Leipzig (and they wouldn't let him out of his contract so soon anyway). With Rose they might have better chances, but obviously only at the end of the season. The u23 coach is apparently quite progressive and highly rated in the lower leagues, so he could get a shot as an interim. Rangnick I find hard to imagine, though he would be kind of safe choice. Marsch will probably also be named by the papers, given that he speaks German, plays gutsy football and Salzburg might be more open than other clubs for a winter move, on the other hand he seems to be struggling himself at the moment.
I'm a bit wary of Pochettino, he'd probably demand a huge contract, suffer from the language barrier and he seemed to be quite happy in the underdog role at Spurs. I think - especially after Favre - Dortmund need someone ambitious, who brings a winning culture to the club and doesn't hide behind the financial disadvantages.