The new football site ‘By Far the Greatest Team,’ featured our exclusive on managerial tenure in the Premier League and football as a business this morning.
Here’s an excerpt below, and check out the entire piece at BFTGT…
If “football is a business,” shouldn’t owners want to operate their clubs like real, successful businesses? Hiring and then firing is not a smart move for businesses of any size – the switching costs, re-training, effect on morale, and need to start from scratch put a strain on organisations both inside and outside of football. So why do football clubs keep perpetuating this “football is a business” mentality with their rash “hiring and firing” policies…
According to the League Managers Association, the average duration of a manager across all four divisions (Premier League, npower Championship, League One and League Two) is 2.13 seasons. 2.13 seasons.
Imagine if Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Richard Branson or Mark Zuckerberg had only been given 2.13 seasons at the helm of their respective franchises? 2.13 seasons! Silly.
Only 4 Premier League managers (Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Tony Pulis, and Arsene Wenger) have been in their current jobs more than 3 seasons. More than 3 seasons. Wow. The turnover is astonishing, and you have to think “what could have been” when you look at the hiring and firing policies of some recent Premier League clubs…
Read the entire article at “By Far The Greatest Team”
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Captain, Love your commentary, but the Football is a Business mantra still holds weight. Be a Sales Manager, miss your forecast for 2 seasons, watch yourself get canned toot- suite. It happens a lot. The better performing companies (and managers) have figured out how to manage expectations. Trouble is the Chelseas, Arsenals, and ManPUs have crazy expectations. 2.13 seems right in line by me.