An Instant Way To Become A Great Coach Is To Become A Club Legend

Juventus coach, Andrea Pirlo. (Photo: Twitter @Pirlo_official)

JAKARTA - Andrea Pirlo officially replaces Maurizio Sarri in the seat of Juventus coach. Reportedly, the Bianconeri's management was not satisfied with Sarri's performance, which failed to bring Juventus to the Champions League trophy for the 2019/20 season.

The appointment of Andrea Pirlo by Juventus seems to continue the trend of appointing a coach to a football legend from the club concerned. These clubs seem to have believed in the capacity of the legend even though they do not have a good track record as a coach.

Quoting the sports news portal Joe, Sunday 9 August, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard are two names of football legends who have been tasked with handling the clubs he has defended, namely Manchester United and Chelsea. Both are considered new careers as coaches, and do not yet have a Curriculum Vitae (CV) to train a big club.

Mikel Arteta at Arsenal is another example. The Spanish coach is quite successful because he managed to bring the FA Cup, although it is still in ruins in the Premier League.

But again, Arteta is an example of the club's haste that prefers to appoint a legend rather than an experienced coach. Don't ask about Arteta's experience, because before Arsenal he was only Pep Guardiola's assistant at Manchester City.

This trend continues with Andrea Pirlo. The 41-year-old man has never coached any team at either the junior or senior level.

Pirlo has just been appointed as the architect of Juventus U-23 last month. However, he had not had time to lead the team in a single match, the former AC Milan midfielder was immediately promoted to handle the main squad.

Actually, this trend can also be taken on the positive side. Although inexperienced, at least there is a regeneration of coaches in top clubs.

Previously famous coaches, such as Carlo Ancelotti or Jose Mourinho, currently prefer to coach clubs that are not always champions. Ancelotti now coaches Everton, and Mou coaches Tottenham Hotspurs.

However, if you look at the negative side, the presence of these smelly kencur coaches seems to discourage experienced coaches who have worked from scratch. An example is when Barcelona fired Ernesto Valverde.

The Blaugrana immediately took aim at the legendary name, Xavi Hernandez. However, he refused and prefers a career in the Qatar League first.

If Xavi had accepted Barcelona's proposal at that time, would he have deserved to hold such a big club? If you want a career and work hard from the ground up, a former player usually coaches the academy or youth team at the club.

It happened to Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola. Zidane started his career at Real Madrid Castilla, as well as Pep Guardiola who started from training Barcelona B.

Actually Pirlo started well because he was appointed to coach Juventus U-23 about a week ago. But Juventus seems to see the current trend, and wants to repeat the success of Antonio Conte, who did not have a good CV - because previously only handled a small club - but succeeded in bringing the Old Lady to the Italian Serie A championship in 2011 to 2014.

However, this time, Pirlo has a tough task, in addition to maintaining the trend of winning the Italian Serie A, he also has to bring Juventus to the Champions League. If he can't, he'll have to prepare to be fired, but he already has the CV of "coached Juventus", something many experienced coaches out there are aiming for.