I have a few more speculative responses regarding development:
1. It's a means by which the wage paid the manager can be justified. He's doing more than playing FIFA for 40 weeks a year.
2. Puts a stamp on the whole country, allowing a more long-term approach to footballing success. IIRC, after RSA, all of England was crying about why they can't have nice shiny youth development programs like Germany. Bring in a manager who sees that big picture and it's easier to have the big picture come to fruition. Bring in a one-time charlie who will help guide a bunch of prima donnas through a WC before fucking off to manage some small time team in Asia that pays a mint, and your national side will never reach its potential.
1 + 2 are means by which turnover can be limited. I suspect the position of national team manager will start to be seen as a career path/goal, not just a golden parachute or stop-gap between club gigs.
But these are all completely speculative, invented on the 62 bus.
1. It's a means by which the wage paid the manager can be justified. He's doing more than playing FIFA for 40 weeks a year.
2. Puts a stamp on the whole country, allowing a more long-term approach to footballing success. IIRC, after RSA, all of England was crying about why they can't have nice shiny youth development programs like Germany. Bring in a manager who sees that big picture and it's easier to have the big picture come to fruition. Bring in a one-time charlie who will help guide a bunch of prima donnas through a WC before fucking off to manage some small time team in Asia that pays a mint, and your national side will never reach its potential.
1 + 2 are means by which turnover can be limited. I suspect the position of national team manager will start to be seen as a career path/goal, not just a golden parachute or stop-gap between club gigs.
But these are all completely speculative, invented on the 62 bus.