No head coach left! Club reacts very differently to manager's exit

No head coach left! Club reacts very differently to manager's exit Many clubs hope for an immediate impact when they sack their coach and appoint a new one. Ideally, the successor should deliver good results straight away to lead the club out of its crisis. But a change of coach does not always bring instant success, as Blessin’s Gladbach debut in the derby showed just this weekend. The Foals lost 2–1 to Cologne and remain bottom of the Bundesliga table. A club in England, meanwhile, wants to take a different approach following its coach’s departure and is not looking for a new head coach. Instead, Dale Vince, the owner of Forest Green Rovers, wants to “wait and see what happens”. The English club plays in the fifth tier and has been without a manager since early October. Robbie Savage left the club to join Peterborough. At Forest Green, assistant coaches Josh Bowen, Yan Klukowski and Jonathan Gould have stepped in. Despite Savage’s departure, Vince said there was “no vacancy” at Forest Green, adding that he wanted to see how the club would fare without a “manager with a big ego”. The club is therefore taking a completely different approach to its coach’s departure. There was no agreement within the club, explained Forest Green’s owner and chairman. Speaking to 'BBC Radio Gloucestershire', Vince said: “We’re not holding any talks at the moment. We haven’t spoken to anyone about the position. We’re happy with our situation and we’ll see how it develops – perhaps for a few games, perhaps for a month.” The assistant coaches had been doing most of the work anyway and knew the team inside out. “I think the three of them make very balanced and rational decisions,” the club boss said confidently. He had not spoken to any managerial candidates, and all the speculation in the media was made up. Forest Green have already shown in other ways that they are no ordinary football club. They are known in England for their focus on sustainability and, by their own account, are the world’s only vegan football club. Now they are without a head coach, too. The coming weeks will show whether the project proves successful. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.