Sounds like a real kinky bastard to me .Conte said in one of his press conferences that he uses a ‘carrot and stick’ methodology. Sometimes he chooses to dangle a carrot in front of the players, sometimes he has to be harsher and use the stick.
Carrot: allowing the players to have a few days off if they get a result
Stick: Being harsh with the players if they’re not doing so well (i.e half time yesterday)
Truthfully though, it does work, footballers seem to have the same mentality as young children, you have to use a reward based system to get them to achieve things.
I heard Ndombele worked for big macs but once they stopped doing super sized meals he lost all motivation.