No harm in him starting to coach with the juniors whilst he is doing his badges. However, he has to risk another clubs money and standing as he learns to be a proper manager. Kenny was lucky first time round to have such a mentor - I doubt Gerrard would have that luxury
I believe the best place to learn your trade as a manager is in a international setup, whether it is with a youth or senior side. Simply because it is purely about coaching and tactics at that level, they ca only work with the players available and they don't need to worry about transfer etc. I wanted Carragher to be the new England u21 coach. I still think Carragher will become a manager in due course as I reckon he'll miss the day-to-day interaction. It would be a good fairly tale story for us to have Carra and Stevie working together as a management team at Liverpool
That's a very good shout. And also, I get the feeling that Carra would be a better coach then Stevie. I get the impression that Carra is one of those people who watches football 24/7 - a real student of the game. As we've seen on Sky, the man knows his stuff but I think communication might be a problem for some foreign lads ha.
Was actually thinking about this today. He should start off as assistant manager then work his way up.
There's pros and cons to both the assistant and international options. But at some point you have to take full responsibility and that only comes with club management.
off all the comment read this one make most sense. him and folwer frankly if serious should become coaches and never set foot on a touchline in a suit unitl they are ready.
I don't think he expects to retire from playing and immediately replace Brendan... sounds like he is expecting to manage a small team first. Perhaps he could cut his teeth managing Everton before managing a big team.
Using Guardiola as an example - he wasn't given the job because of his name. It's because he knew the club, worked his way up from cleaning boots to becoming one of their best players, and then repeating the same process in order to become manager (obviously minus the boot cleaning!). The point I'm making is that just because he played for the club, doesn't make him a top manager. It gives him a better understanding and foundation of how the club is run, on which he can develop his coaching skills. Develop those skills at a low level i.e. u15's or whatever so there won't be any pressure on him or media attention etc. And work up through the different teams and prove you have what it takes. EDIT: MITO - I believe you mentioned something a while ago about how the club should be developing NEW coaches internally and letting them work their way up the club.
I can imagine a point in the future - Gerrard managing Liverpool, Carra managing Everton - what derbies they would be!
I hope we start promoting players into coaching in the next few years. Even taking former players back like Fowler or Hyypia. The bootroom is often talked about, but it would really boost our identity and brand if players are retained beyond their playing days - never mind being fantastic for the young players. Hopefully Stevie and Carra will join the club in due course
The problem with taking previous players in-house and them working their way to the manager's job is the job itself. Coaching and Managing are two very different jobs. A good coach can always point to the lack of players as the reason for failure. A manager does not have that option - irrespective of how good or poor the coach is.
I would only let him manage LFC if he had experience at another team, and did a good job there. You shouldn't get a job just cause you are a club legend IMO
I tend to agree when it comes to managers. Go and make your mistakes somewhere-else and learn your lessons. Then bring the value of both that experience and your love for Liverpool back to benefit all of us.
