In Serie A, Andreazzoli, Di Francesco, Semplici and Giampaolo risk the bench, because of the negative results of their teams: Genoa, Sampdoria, Spal all with one point and Milan with two points after six games.
Certainly the situations are different from team to team. For example, Semplici is the coach with the most years in the same team in Serie A (five years) while Giampaolo has to lead the team of a historic and winning club.
Therefore, independently of the differences between these clubs and knowing their difficulties – 1 or 2 points obtained out of 18 available – I want to write about the mentality of a team and its coach.
I don’t know exactly what mistakes have been made in the leadership of these teams but I present the most common ones when leaders are leading groups whose results do not meet the expectations of the beginning of the year.
Timing - “everything and now” is the enemy of “improvement over time” and too many coaches and managers “hope that it will go as they think” rather than “building a team”.
WE - it is essential to make the players responsible for the concept of “playing together”, each one is responsible not only for his own performance but in equal measure for how he supports his teammates.
Mistakes - football is a sport where mistakes are made but, “the player has to correct himself immediately” without complaining. “I lose the ball, I recover the ball immediately” and not “I lose the ball, I complain / I stop and let go the opponent.
Competitiveness - teach that no matter what the score and the time of the match, but the players must always play at their best and never favor the opponent with a team depressed attitude.
Locker room - Those players who commit themselves to keep the group united and focused on the game should be identified and supported in the locker room as well as the score (positive or negative).
Team dialogue - the dialogue on the pitch among the players must always be constructive and aimed at maintaining an effective emotional and competitive level.
Coach - In every moment of the game and till the final whistle, regardless of the result, the manager must never stop driving and supporting the players.
In my opinion these are the main factors that should be developed in each team. Everyone can improve a lot in this respect, they don’t depend on any talent and they don’t depend on the type of game you want to play.
They are the prerequisites for effective performance. You can have the best players or the most effective schemes but if the team is lacking even on one of these points will never be able to express itself at its best.
