Written by Jurgen Klinsmann, the ex-German soccer star, has been a favorite contender among coaches of the most ambitious teams in the world. Although USA came by as an internationally renowned team in the recent past, it sought Klinsmann as a coach to improve its game. However, as many believed, the ex-soccer star has not been able to convert the team into champions overnight, or with the touch of a magic wand. Moreover, with Klinsmann being one of the most expensive coaches in the world, the time USA is taking to show tangible improvements, is only making the entire deal expensive according to many experts.
Klinsmann’s coaching for Bayern Munich earlier also proved expensive because of extensive use of computers. This was hard to deny for the European soccer club officials because Klinsmann finds Power Point presentations to be the best way to communicate to players. Moreover, facilitating such coaching methods required the installation of several computers and digital appliances, raising the investment costs far higher than before. Although Klinsmann argues that modern technology should be used wherever effective, most team owners find that cheaper alternatives can be more effective. However, one usually finds it near impossible a task when it comes to assigning a coach as good as Jurgen Klinsmann.
Bayern president could not restrain himself from expressing his frustration at the single-mindedness of the German soccer legend because of raising costs and fluctuating participation of the club’s patrons. Competitive games involving a larger number of teams than before imply that careful expenditure, and balanced approaches are becoming key to long term and game specific success. Many US soccer journals have also expressed similar views on the subject, and that using Klinsmann as manager needs to be well thought out.
Altohugh the German club has been mostly negative-sounding about Klinsmann as coach and manager, the Americans seem to still bark on hopes of reaching the European level of skill, perfection and popularity in world soccer. While it is inevitable for players to accept that in the end it is hard work that pays off, Klinsmann hopes to make the changes he was hired to bring in American soccer. The inspiring soccer coach now seems to have shrugged off most concerns about costs as American officials find that improvements in his hi-tech coaching methods are bound to yield substantially well.
