Revaulx
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Oh absolutely!I'm not aware of Poch's every statement, so I can't say what did or didn't do to turn Spurs around, but since this is the Nagelsmann thread I think it's worth pointing out that he was talking about playing for the (league) title, even when he was coaching Hoffenheim - in a "we're going to try" rather than "we will win it", but still, it would have been easy to hide behind the lesser status of the respective clubs.
Which is of course bordering on delusional, but I think if you want to win big, setting ambitious goals and standards for yourself and your team is the first step - as long as you can sell it to your team and moderate it with the public.
Those ambitious goals have to be at least tolerated by the higher-ups though. You can probably get away with it at Hoffenheim, but at a club with entitled supporters (yes even Spurs ) it might produce pressure to “back the manager” that the owners would rather be without.