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Originally Posted by Nalx
I wonder why Galliani went all those troubles convincing a novice like Leo to take coaching courses if Tassoti is THAT good.
Being an assistant to "best club coach" for years doesn't necessarily mean you can be just as good. Brian Kid was Fergie's right hand man in the 90's and he was a failure both in Blackburn and Leeds United. Queiroz, another SAF's assistant, was a joke during his year as Madrid head coach.
And about your other point, I agree that our legendary back four are "very intelligent". Nobody doubts Baresi's quality as a player. But he coached our primavera for years in the past, and what has he achieved? Nothing. Billy also coached some team from lower division last year and he quitted (or fired I'm not sure)without any notable achievement.
"Tactically perfect player" doesn't always transform to equally good coach. Otherwise Lothar Mattheus and Ruud Gullit would've been world class coaches for years now.
Tassotti might be a tough man, but to quote Clint Eastwood from Million Dollar Baby movie: "Girlie, tough AIN'T enough"
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I didn't want to prove Tassotti would be good, but I wanted to say he has "material" for the job.
You're too harsh on Baresi and Costacurta. Baresi worked with Primavera, like you said, he didn't get one proper job, so we can't argue about his ability. Costacurta, on the other hand, had one job in lower division, he was fired, but that doesn't mean anything. I'm sure both of them would be great coaches if they wanted to do that seriously.
It doesn't mean tactically perfect player has to be great coach, but it's very likely. If you look though great coaches, many of them were playmakers and defenders. I don't know one striker that became great coach. I know one with success, Cruyff, but hey he bought all the best players and we all know how he ended up.