We want Sheehan out

[Swansea93]

O'Neil swapping with Rob Edwards and going to Middlesbrough.

Did seem the obvious shout considering he played for them as well.

 

[Swansea93]

Some more not so good looking statistics.

 

[Cadoxton Jack]

We have to stop gambling with managers as we have been ever since Laudrup left. This just isn't working.

The problem is, however, there are just so many crap managers out there it's extremely difficult to find the 'good uns' -- they'll either be rarer than Bob Bradley's 'manager of the season' awards, or simply out of our reach. Additionally it's not a given that a manager who was successful at other clubs can bring the same success to Swansea.

Management, moreso in football, is a funny game in itself. Do we keep Sheehan in the hope he can improve himself and the squad, or sack him...?

I, personally, would prefer it if we could avoid having to pay huge compensation to managers we sack before having to start things all over again with a new manager. But I'd more prefer us not being in this position to begin with.

So, keeping Sheehan is dubious at best and sacking him also has inherent risks.

Which brings me to the possibility of 'making a manager': a third option which 'could' yield very good results, is expensive but keeps things the same but vastly different... Confused? Let me explain...

This novel option involves hiring a mentor; a very experienced retired manager or head coach with a long proven track record working with highly successful clubs. Their role will be to directly work alongside Sheehan and pass on their experience, including to the assistant manager and coaches as an ongoing, developmental role which, if successful, will turn Alan Sheehan into an efficient, adept manager for the Swans; able to better manage the squad because, frankly, he is clearly out of his depth at present.

There are zero guarantees with any of the above options.

Considering these options, there is only one viable route and zero solutions. None are ideal or necessarily the answer to our problems.

This is one of those posts that give the appearance of something worthwhile and substantial and yet offers absolutely nothing: much like most managers out there.

 

[Cadoxton Jack]

No decent manager will accept a more experienced mentor. They got the managers job to do it their way.
There are lots and lots of good managers the problem is the recruitment process - are we too easily influenced by good talkers. My experience of working life in the corporate world is that good talkers (gift of the gab) got over promoted and were fucking useless at doing the job they were recruited for. Perhaps that’s where a more experienced person is required to undertake the interviews.

 

[J_B]

No decent manager will accept a more experienced mentor. They got the managers job to do it their way.
There are lots and lots of good managers the problem is the recruitment process - are we too easily influenced by good talkers. My experience of working life in the corporate world is that good talkers (gift of the gab) got over promoted and were fucking useless at doing the job they were recruited for. Perhaps that’s where a more experienced person is required to undertake the interviews.

Yes, we’ve all seen people who talk a good job and do a lousy one.

Football managers, to be fair, don’t have that luxury (Russy tries harder than anyone in history), the league table is a brutal truth.

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

No decent manager will accept a more experienced mentor. They got the managers job to do it their way.
There are lots and lots of good managers the problem is the recruitment process - are we too easily influenced by good talkers. My experience of working life in the corporate world is that good talkers (gift of the gab) got over promoted and were fucking useless at doing the job they were recruited for. Perhaps that’s where a more experienced person is required to undertake the interviews.

Being a good communicator is 1000%, something you need to be a good football manager. It's obviously not the be-all and end all, but it's more important than you think.

This is the guy whose job it is to ultimately inspire thousands of people to follow his team every single week. If you are a lifeless bore like Sheehan who comes across very awkward and doesn't know how to get his point across in press conferences you end up looking like someone who doesn't have an idea on what they are talking about. How is that meant to inspire people to believe you are taking them in the right direction?

Duff and Sheehan (albeit he is not as bad as Duff) just lack any charisma and come across awkward and unsure of themselves. When we see these behind the scenes footages of him in the changing room I find myself cringing at the lack of any substance he gives and instead, it's just him swearing every 30 seconds.

I only listen to him for 10 minutes a week I couldn't imagine how the players feel who listen to him every day.

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1987764228229419086

 

[Swans Jack]

He's not gone yet then