I think one of the worst things that Pep has brought to football is you have people that seriously believe that ETH, Potter or De Zerbi are better managers than Tuchel.
Anybody that plays any type of football anywhere near Peps is automatically considered the dogs bollocks and anyone who doesn't plays some shithouse park the bus football. It's a joke.
I hope Tuchel doesn't stay at Bayern because he's the only manager available right now that is good enough for United.
I get the point youre making but its a bit misleading as all three of the managers you mentioned play football not dissimilar to Tuchel (maybe not ETH at United, but certainly before). Tuchel is obviously much more successful but also further along in his career. Also worth noting Tuchel is also a Guardiola disciple.
I'm really torn on Tuchel. Based purely on his footballing record, he's easily the outstanding candidate, the best qualified we would have had since Mourinho and with a far more modern tactical approach. However, it's worth noting that his league record is a bit troubled. His only league titles are two at PSG and even that fell apart, and he barely deserves to be called a Bundesliga title winner the way last season ended. His CL record is genuinely outstanding on the other hand, and could yet get even more impressive.
His temperament does really worry me, and the way he fell out with the hierarchy at Dortmund and PSG is a concern given we are trying to build an entire new structure. Not saying this is a reason not to hire him, but it is a concern.
Having said all that, he's still the outstanding candidate, and I do believe he'd be doing a better job that Ten Hag is currently.
José did too.
I’m asking what qualities he was, that others who failed don’t?
- winning trophies isn’t a quality, it’s a result
- José was a master tactician
- Ole was (for a time) a good man manager
- LvG had club and international experience
- José was great at getting players to run through walls for him
- LvG got multiple teams to play his way
- ETH got Ajax on a great CL run with a ridiculous GD over the season
- Some of the managers were good coaches
- some were strict disciplinarians
- so were nice and cushy with the players
- some got the players to play a strict style of play
- some got players to express themselves more
All of them have, thus far, failed.
So what would Tuchel bring that’s different, that would make him a success where others failed?
For one, he's one of the best
technical coaches in the world. One of the biggest problems we've seen at this club in recent years is that players don't improve under new managers, and we've especially seen this season that the technical quality of our team is not up to scratch, and for whatever reason is also not improvong on the training ground.
For another, Tuchel is a
modern tactical expert. Jose might have been a great tactician, but his tactics had not moved with the times, and his tactics have stuck out like a sore thumb in his last three jobs. Tuchel's tactics are modern and sophisticated, based on the principles of pressing, ball retention, and structure without the ball, which are qualities all the best teams need in the modern game.
Finally, he has experience winning with difficult personalities. I actually agree with you that winning itself is the result of qualities rather than a quality itself, but what Tuchel had proved throughout his career is that he's able to manage egos and still win. This had been seen most obviously with PSG, but it has been there in his time with Chelsea too, and he's arguably also done really well to stabilise things at Bayern after a couple of damaging losses.
You could argue none of this is unique, but they are key qualities that appear to have been lacking under current and previous management.
