Is Ally the Man for the job? - The McCoist Thread

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How come Paul Le Guen saw the need to overhaul the training, diet etc?

 

How come he had shit results compared to even McCoist? He had personal preferences but there is no evidence they were any better than before. However, he forced them on players in an uncompromising way which really pissed them off. He then couldn't cope and gave up.

 

That's pretty bad change management.

 

If you are going to make such big changes you need to get the players, who are major stakeholders, on your side. You need to introduce it in a way that is palatable to them and you need to COMMIT to completing the job. He brought in a whole team of his own players, so perhaps he should have interviewed them about how open they were to his methods.

 

Le Guen has shown very little evidence that he can turn a foreign team around with his diet and training and his management skills were obviously lacking in many areas.

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PS What do you really know about our current training and nutrition that is sub-optimal?

[kuznetsov 0]

proof is in the pudding. we are all watching the same dross.

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proof is in the pudding. we are all watching the same dross.

 

There is more to how way play and our results than training but lets have a look at it anyway.

 

I think you can only blame McCoist for players who he has had a reasonable amount of time with. The only three that fall into that category are McCulloch, Alexander and Wallace. Funnily enough those are our three best and most consistent players. Are you saying McCoist is a better coach than the previous coaches of all our signings?

 

Other players he's had a wee bit of time with are Perry and Little - they both seem to be doing quite well. Another plus mark for McCoist.

 

He's recently started working with the likes of McKay, McLeod, Hegarty, Crawford, Aird, Hutton and Naismith. Are you saying they are all dross?

 

The likes of Shiels, Black and Argyriou will still be affect by their previous training but they will slowly be affected by McCoists coaching. As will Cribari, Faure, Sandaza and Kyle.

 

Stella also falls into that category. Some strange person complained that this guy hadn't had a game yet - he's 21 and we're already playing 8 youths so what is the problem? Perhaps he's not up to speed yet and not showing the same standard of readiness as those 8 others. It's not like McCoist doesn't play young players - although some people have slagged him off for that...

 

We played pretty well at the weekend and that was with EIGHT players from our youth development. That's pretty amazing. However, the thing about youngsters is that they are more likely to be inconsistent, get lost in the game or show their naivety - so with so many in the team we are very susceptible to a poor performance especially is there is a lack of experienced players to talk the kids through the game. They are certainly not always going to have a good game against an experienced SPL side in a one off cup game...

 

We struggled at the beginning of the season but we had three players in the team who wanted to leave and were playing more players who were the result of other coaches' training...

 

Overall it looks like the proof of the pudding is positive on Ally's side but the time to really judge that is at the end of the season - when he's had time with the players and time to develop the team.

 

If you're watching dross, which are the players who are the main one's for causing the dross?

[the gunslinger 3,366]

all those players were better under their previous coach. despite in most cases being at poorer sides. in shields and blacks case its night and day.

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all those players were better under their previous coach. despite in most cases being at poorer sides. in shields and blacks case its night and day.

 

So McCoist can "ruin" players in a matter of weeks? I don't think so.

[der Berliner 3,434]

all those players were better under their previous coach. despite in most cases being at poorer sides. in shields and blacks case its night and day.

 

Like they played 110% all season long as some require it at Ibrox or here? Hardly true, don't you think?

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So McCoist can "ruin" players in a matter of weeks? I don't think so.

 

the evidence says otherwise.

[Ergatrude 0]

I think Black has played consistently better than at Hearts.. especially since he spends 50% of his game on his arse.

[rbr 1,247]

How come Paul Le Guen saw the need to overhaul the training, diet etc?

 

 

But that simply isnt true , as I posted earlier Le Guens ideas on diet rehydration were flawed , fundamentaly , also hie record after leaving us shows how poor a coach he actually was