BigMDV Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Rather than having an assistant. Is this happening anywhere? The reason I thought about it is from a few years back, Levein and Robbo would have been perfect. 1. The 'fortress Tynecastle' days were under Levein, hard to beat or score against, a defense minded manager. 2. Robbo's teams scored goals for fun, problem is they gave away goals for fun to. Levein to be in charge of defense, and Robbo in charge of attackers and strikers. Ok, some games were an exception to the rule. This subject has come up a couple of times in the pub, Levein and Robbo were just examples but none of us could think of a professional team north or south doing this, if it is happening I'd love to know where, if its not, I'd have to ask why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigSN1 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Because it wouldn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 It failed first time around, so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeToonJambo Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 MacDonald and Jardine worked for us not too badly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 because one guy was a good defender and the other was a good striker? nah. teams employ 'specialist' coaches to take care of certain things like striker coaching. presumably the vast majority of teams who do this do it for a reason and don't make the strikers coach a co-manager for a reason. that reason is that there should be one guy in overall control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Worked for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMDV Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Because it wouldn't work. But why? surely 2 men can work together, are managers ego's that big? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolya Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Lars Lagerback and Tommy S?derberg were joint managers of Sweden during the early 2000s. The arrangement worked reasonably well as the coaches were both quite laid back, and the team was quite successful. Gerard Houllier was appointed as joint-coach alongside Roy Evans at Liverpool in the late 90s, and it only served to completely undermine the Englishman, with Evans eventually leaving under a cloud. It could be argued the the coach and director of football model is a form of joint-mangership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 people using the mcdonald/jardine example are kidding themselves. jardine was only made co-manager because wallace mercer knew that aberdeen were sniffing about to make him their gaffer. it would probably never have been on the agenda otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Crane Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 people using the mcdonald/jardine example are kidding themselves. jardine was only made co-manager because wallace mercer knew that aberdeen were sniffing about to make him their gaffer. it would probably never have been on the agenda otherwise. And it lasted two years before Jardine went. Anyone remember Mercer's "ham and eggs" reasoning for the decision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Edinburgh's 2nd team, Spartans, have joint managers. Seems to work well for them considering the success they've had at that level, but don't know if it would work well at a higher level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Are Shamrock Rovers not doing something similar with Jim Magilton and Michael O'Neill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 And it lasted two years before Jardine went. Anyone remember Mercer's "ham and eggs" reasoning for the decision? As far as I remember Jardine got emptied when we were struggling early in the 88/89 season. We then went back to Doddie being in charge. Pretty sure Jardine was long gone by the time Robbo came back before xmas 1988. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 How does the combined salary of co-managers compare to 1 boss and one assistant? Considering we are skint, it would be folly to try something expensive that doesn't work. Although we do have previous for it. Nade for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambogjh Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Why not Micky as midfield manager, who else could we add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givememychoice Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Just no. Sure, you have a striking coach, but there has to be an overall manager - somebody with whom team decisions rests. There have been times when it hasnt been dreadful, but show me one time when it really really worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I thought Jardine was co-manager for only a few months, at the beginning of the 88/89 season. Was that the arrangement the season before as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i wish jj was my dad Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Sandy was bumped in 88/89 not long after we lost a semi to the blue version of the bigot brothers. We were toiling in the league and I think he was dead against re-signing Robbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Crane Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I thought Jardine was co-manager for only a few months, at the beginning of the 88/89 season. Was that the arrangement the season before as well? He was made joint-manager around November 1986 in a bid by Mercer to stop him being attracted to the Aberdeen job that Fergie had just vacated (Sandy was their number one choice, not Porterfield who eventually took that gig). Following a 3-0 defeat at Rangers around Autumn 1988, Mercer took the decision to sack him and put Doddy back in sole charge. Whether or not this was connected to Robbo returning a few weeks later I don't know but it is rather coincidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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