I have followed various sporting activities and I noticed something that hardly make complete sense to me and that is the rationale behind firing a coach when the players do perform poorly. What drew my attention to this is a news flash about Jose Mourinho's case in Roma. According to the article,
Mourinho left Roma angry and feeling betrayed by the players. Is it even possible that players will intentionally lose matches because they want their coach out at the expense of their own careers? If this is true, why will the club management reprimand the coach and not the players? I know some people will argue that the coach is the leader of the team and should be responsible for building the unity and love the team need to play in high morale, but in a case the players happen to have hated the coach and have decided to lose matches as punishment for their coach, is it right to fire the coach?
You know, I noticed this situation specifically with clubs where Mourinier was the manager. At first I noticed this trend in Chelsea, when the team played many games in a draw, often 0:0, it looked like sabotage, later I saw the same thing when he was the coach of Manchester United, but there the situation with conflicts between players and the coach was even more tense. I haven't heard any talk about Mourinho's problems at Roma, but if you're talking about it and he really feels it's from the players, then he should look for the reason in himself.
