Quote from: SouthOfThe Bann on April 18, 2024, 01:13:10 PMQuote from: yellowcard on April 18, 2024, 01:06:06 PMHe completely revolutionised tactics in gaelic football and had the tactical wherewithal and strength of personality to set a team up ultra defensively by playing zonal at the back. He didn't care one bit what anybody thought of him and probably still doesn't as it brought him an AI title that they would not have won if playing conventionally. The criticism only bolstered him and created a siege mentality that he seems to need. It was complete outside the box thinking at the time and very gutsy but don't pretend that it didn't set gaelic football back as a spectacle and which has never really recovered since then.
I don't think it was his aim to be ultra defensive because of some form of idealism, it was just that did whatever he thought was required to give them the best possible chance at winning.
Managers do whatever they have to do to win.
Look at Ancelotti last night; they sat back in the lowest of low blocks played on the break and looked to frustrate City and took their chances on a penalty shootout.
Should we Chastise Ancellotti in the same fashion?
I'm not chastising him at all, he just done what he felt he had to do to win. A managers job is to devise a system of play that gets the best out of the players which he has at his disposal. McGuinness achieved that in his first spell but he will struggle to do it this time around since any tactical advantage will be greatly reduced due to the emphasis now put on data and analytics.
I wouldn't blame him for the state of the gaelic football today but its fairly clear 13 years later that he set the wheels in motion for the spectacle we now have today.