Comments on: Ah, So Pay is Based on Tactical Genius, Then

By: justin

justin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:41:15 +0000

Mazzari, Prandelli and Spaletti should be paid the highest since they are clearly the best we got

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:13:55 +0000

Correction: he used to be the coolest. Right until the moment he signed for the Old Twat.

By: Sofia

Sofia — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:47:50 +0000

I LOVE LIPPI! sorry anyways, psssh everyone knows ranieri should be the highest paid for the sheer fact that he is the coolest!!! haha

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:33:09 +0000

Totally agree, roswitha, though I’d argue that the different pressures on Ancelotti and Mancini in no way mean their job is harder, or more demanding. Imagine Mancio trying to make, say, Torino win. His head would explode after 20 minutes!

(And also, just to be topical, given that it’s the big egos that generally make up the national team, the choice of a guy whose highest-profile previous job was at Livorno seems odd at best.)

By: roswitha

roswitha — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:06:34 +0000

The needs of big clubs are perceptibly different from those of smaller ones. Inter and Milan are full of big, rather individualistic stars and have big [and in Milan's case, scary] management, and their coach needs to function like a CEO as much as anything else. I’m not saying Roma and Fiorentina are not relatively big teams, but the focus on player management and tactics is on a completely different level. I think we can safely conclude that the fact that Roma and Fiorentina are made of awesome and also employ two of the most talented coaches in the league is down to the fact that they are perceptibly smaller operations than Inter and Milan.

For my part I have to say, full marks to all four of them. Prandelli for being awesome, Spalletti for being awesome in spite of the 7-1, and Carletto and Mancio for just not dying of massive attacks of frustration at any point of time in the football season.

And all this just increases my appreciation of Lippi and Capello by the hour.

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:32:16 +0000

Brilliant, Ginkers! Start a petition, I’ll sign.

By: Ginkers

Ginkers — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:18:13 +0000

I think pay should be related to how crazy your president is and all the risks that presents. Hence, Orsi, Giampaolo and probably Colantuono should be the best paid in my opinion.