Well then you moved the goal post on the rather innocuous
by miamioh_irishfan (2020-07-13 16:26:44)

In reply to: I didn't.  posted by CuzTeahan


statement that started this thread.

The claim was that Klopp is an all time great manager, period.


I responded to wcnitz's post.
by CuzTeahan  (2020-07-13 16:35:34)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

He made the shift to all time Liverpool coach, which I don't particularly care about, but whatever floats Liverpool fan boats.

I'll stand by two trophies in five years in the Premier League is not an all time great manager, even including his work in Germany. If so, maybe we should crown DiMatteo for winning one Champions League in his single year with Chelsea.


That's not what I really meant
by wcnitz  (2020-07-14 09:29:18)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The man is already a Liverpool legend because of what he's accomplished.

That alone makes him one of the great current managers. Look at his entire resume and he's definitely in the top managers of all time list (or, as someone said, in the manager HOF).

And if not for arguably the greatest Bayern squad in history, he'd have another CL, too.

edit: should add that right now, there's only one manager I'd take over Klopp and that is Pep. And that's purely subjective. I put him over Zidane, Simeone, etc.


You're just being obtuse.
by NDMike2001  (2020-07-13 17:33:17)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Nobody "made the shift" to all time great Liverpool coach. There's not an argument there. You aren't a Liverpool fan and you don't care about it. Perhaps you can create your own thread about all time great premier league managers. Apparently that is the argument you want to have. But its inarguable that the man who ended Liverpool's 30 year title drought (who btw also won a UCL trophy, UCL final, Europa Final and the highest point total ever in a 2nd place finish in any domestic season) is considered a Liverpool great.

But the original comment is not limited to Liverpool. And I'd happen to agree that what he did at BVB is also remarkable - if not more so. And their fans hold him in similar regard. Which is exactly what makes him an all time great. He took two above average league teams and turned them into elite title contenders. That is without question something Pep has never done.

P.S. Lou Holtz won one national championship at Notre Dame. By your standards he's definitely not an all-time great coach and should be considered great by ND fans.


You're right that I don't care.
by CuzTeahan  (2020-07-13 20:42:44)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

But you're obtuse if you think two trophies in 7 years makes for an all-time great coach unless its a really deep team picture. That you start citing runner-up status in tournaments as a supporting achievement tells me all I need to know.

Liverpool's aggression is great, but as for tactics he offers little more than a pressurized dump and chase. I guess that makes Klopp the rich man's Sam Allerdyce.

We'll see next season, but my money's on a reversion to the norm of zero trophies under Klopp.

Finally, not sure what Lou has to do with it, but while I love Lou, any one being honest will admit disappointment that we only won one National Championship during his tenure.


Nobody, except you
by miamioh_irishfan  (2020-07-13 20:45:26)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Is using only Klopp's tenure at Liverpool to make the claim that he's an all-time great manager.

Read more.


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by NDMike2001  (2020-07-13 22:38:49)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post