When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get fired.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.
Of course managers win ball games.
I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.
The players make the manager, it's never the other way.
On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.
Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.
Bad ballplayers make good managers.
A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.