Have you learned nothing watching Pep with this club?...He airs little in the media unless there's a purpose to it...Nothing is revealed that can conceivably undermine the balance...That includes speculative discussions...It was something Pep pushed with Laporta and Rosell has largely obliged that position, as far as I can tell
Speculating on a potential replacement mushrooms a discussion both about those potential replacements as well as addressing it with Pep and the club...over & over again until it dominates media coverage...That kind of circus was common before but not under Pep - he wants that kept to a minimum...And I've been watching Zubi carefully, he is clearly from Pep's school of thinking in terms of reveal to the press...He'd never entertain a conversation speculating on replacements for Pep...That's the prudent approach and for this being his rookie season as the Sporting Director of such a massive club at it's peak, it's all the more impressive
And you talk of Pep as if he's just some kid they plucked outta La Masia to coach this team...Not every La Masia cadete is going to be Messi anymore than they're going to be Cruyff or Pep...It's pretty daft to even suggest that someone else will waltz in and go transition-less to trump Pep's achievements...At best, the next coach of this team will continue to win but no one is going to be better than Pep...Guarantee there will be transition, both sporting and non-sporting...We'll see changes we only faintly can recall from a bygone era at the club...They broke the mold with Guardiola
A massive club is not unlike a massive corporation, it's poor business sense to discuss replacement heads to your business in the media when your current head is still...at the head...That's something a small club does
You are concluding too much right now.
My main worry (and others) is the uncertainty that is slowly growing stronger and stronger due to Pep not having made a decision yet. That uncertainty has with all possibility already affected the team in a negative way and if that has not been the case it surely will.
In the past few weeks various players have commented on Pep's situation daily and the media surely does not help in that regard.
What I am opposed to is that mentality of it being "impossible" to perform at a similar level (I did NOT say the same level BTW) or even improve should Pep decide to leave. That's a mentality of a small club.
I don't know if you are aware of this but the position of Pep has already been discussed openly on several occasions both by Pep himself, Rosell, Zubi and the players just like all those parties have commented on a future FCB without Pep.
So your main argument of commenting on Pep's position openly being the same as undermining him as a person, is already proving not to be bulletproof.
My decision to even include Zubi's recent interview in Sport had nothing to do with the main part of my posts (which was the uncertainty the unresolved position of Pep has caused or can cause this season) but just an simple observation of the board (probably) not being prepared should Pep decide to quit this summer (which there is a possibility of) which I find unprofesional.
There was even a blog on Sport by Joan Vehils on this matter recently that stated how crucial it will be to choose the right replacement and not panic as has been the case too many times before at FCB. And I can guarantee you that this exact thing will happen once again if the board first decides to look after a replacement the day Pep officially leaves.
does Pep read this forum?
