Most top managers have always praised their coaches. An awful lot of ex players will talk about the coaches not the manager. Head coaches are much more involved in training, but players still have more interaction with assitant coaches. It is not uncommon for 4 or 5 coaches to be on the grass with players.Thanks for the reply, it's not often people recognise the team behind the figurehead.
Bit like o Neil without his assistant (forget his name) or Clough without Taylor
I work as an assitant coach for mens team, and a head coach for an under age team in the same club. My real role, in both, is individual player development. When I coach with the first team I am often coaching midfield, whilst others coach attackers and others defence. It is all small game stuff we do, but each of us have our grouo we are working on. Our head coach crosses it all, but defers massively to us.