Anyway, how can you sack anyone who still hasn't got a contract. I'll be there for the game and I'll stand behind the dugout giving instructions to the players from there. They will respond to me more than the next manager.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We can take action with a player without the league taking any action. But all that we can do is, we can deactivate him. But we're limited under the collective bargaining agreement to four games.
I don't want to spend money the club doesn't have; I don't want to hold a player that doesn't want to stay.
I just didn't want to walk away from football without knowing what it meant to be a manager, or even wondering what it was like to be sacked.
If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving, but you stick up for them. They appreciate that.
Nowadays there are too many players who can't get a contract elsewhere, who come to England and just take the money.
A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?
I don't pitch for contracts.
So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.
Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.