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Interesting article in the smh today about Pim offering A-League coaches to come and watch .........and...........comment on his training.
Its good to see a national coach being so openly willing to improve (if that is the right word) our coaching ranks.
As I said he is starting to grow on me and if he wins some games ..........(jury still out in that department)...........it appears FL made an excellent choice....................OK OK still early days...............but signs are encouraging.........now he needs to beat China ............
Anyway to the article.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/verbeek-open-to-coaching-coaches/2008/03/14/1205472086224.html
Verbeek open to coaching coaches
March 15, 2008
SOCCEROOS coach Pim Verbeek has opened the door for leading A-League coaches to learn from him during this year's World Cup campaign, but coach of the year Gary van Egmond doesn't necessarily have the inside running.
Van Egmond's success in guiding Newcastle Jets to a maiden championship has earned widespread acclaim, and the former Socceroos defender has made no secret of his ambition to take the helm of the national team.
"Of course I'd love to coach Australia one day," van Egmond said after last month's grand final victory. "There's no greater honour, whether you're a player, coach, or even administrator, than representing your country. One day if that was the case, I'd like to do it. It's not like I've just come on the scene. I've been coaching for approximately 10 years, doing my apprenticeship, in the vein of a Craig Bellamy, who did all that time under Wayne Bennett. I feel I've done it the right way."
But while Verbeek admits he was intrigued by van Egmond's strategies during the grand final win over the Mariners, he believes success doesn't necessarily make him a better coach than his peers.
Asked whether there was scope for local coaches to come into the Socceroos fold, Verbeek replied: "Nothing is impossible it is worth to think about. OK, you have to ask if it's only Gary van Egmond because he's winning the league. Why not Dave Mitchell? Or [Aurelio] Vidmar, because they're all young, talented and ambitious. So I'm not picking a coach, or thinking about a coach, just because he's winning the league it's also coaches who don't win the championships, who don't get results. I am 25 years in coaching, I know you are not just a good coach because of your results. You are a good coach also if you have good training sessions, good ideas, good vision, you change tactics at the right moment.
"If I have to say anything about Gary, it's that he changed his team for the [grand] final in several positions, and I think that is quite risky, because normally you don't do that so easily in football. Tactically, he took a risk, but he did very well. So things like that are important to me."
Verbeek leaves for Asia on Monday to count down the preparation for the next World Cup qualifier against China, but after the match in Kunming on March 26, there is a gap of two months before the Socceroos are next in action. That gives Verbeek the time and opportunity to build on his relationship with local coaches - a process that started with a brief meeting the day after the grand final.
"I have said from the start I am willing to help the A-League, to help the coaches, and that is true," he said. "I don't need coaches on the field at this moment, because I have Henk [Duut], I have 'Arnie' [Graham Arnold]. That's more than enough. But there is never a problem for coaches to join and see training sessions and talk if they have an idea. My sessions, there is always a vision behind them. The best way is to have meetings with coaches. You can learn a lot from that.
"It's one of the reasons I decided to be assistant coach to [Guus] Hiddink after 12 years. If you can work with a well-known, high-profile coach like Hiddink, you can pick up things you might not have seen, or thought about.
"So if coaches are interested, they know they can always come [to training]. They can always call If they want to come and join me in the training, they are welcome, and they know that."
Its good to see a national coach being so openly willing to improve (if that is the right word) our coaching ranks.
As I said he is starting to grow on me and if he wins some games ..........(jury still out in that department)...........it appears FL made an excellent choice....................OK OK still early days...............but signs are encouraging.........now he needs to beat China ............
Anyway to the article.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/verbeek-open-to-coaching-coaches/2008/03/14/1205472086224.html
Verbeek open to coaching coaches
March 15, 2008
SOCCEROOS coach Pim Verbeek has opened the door for leading A-League coaches to learn from him during this year's World Cup campaign, but coach of the year Gary van Egmond doesn't necessarily have the inside running.
Van Egmond's success in guiding Newcastle Jets to a maiden championship has earned widespread acclaim, and the former Socceroos defender has made no secret of his ambition to take the helm of the national team.
"Of course I'd love to coach Australia one day," van Egmond said after last month's grand final victory. "There's no greater honour, whether you're a player, coach, or even administrator, than representing your country. One day if that was the case, I'd like to do it. It's not like I've just come on the scene. I've been coaching for approximately 10 years, doing my apprenticeship, in the vein of a Craig Bellamy, who did all that time under Wayne Bennett. I feel I've done it the right way."
But while Verbeek admits he was intrigued by van Egmond's strategies during the grand final win over the Mariners, he believes success doesn't necessarily make him a better coach than his peers.
Asked whether there was scope for local coaches to come into the Socceroos fold, Verbeek replied: "Nothing is impossible it is worth to think about. OK, you have to ask if it's only Gary van Egmond because he's winning the league. Why not Dave Mitchell? Or [Aurelio] Vidmar, because they're all young, talented and ambitious. So I'm not picking a coach, or thinking about a coach, just because he's winning the league it's also coaches who don't win the championships, who don't get results. I am 25 years in coaching, I know you are not just a good coach because of your results. You are a good coach also if you have good training sessions, good ideas, good vision, you change tactics at the right moment.
"If I have to say anything about Gary, it's that he changed his team for the [grand] final in several positions, and I think that is quite risky, because normally you don't do that so easily in football. Tactically, he took a risk, but he did very well. So things like that are important to me."
Verbeek leaves for Asia on Monday to count down the preparation for the next World Cup qualifier against China, but after the match in Kunming on March 26, there is a gap of two months before the Socceroos are next in action. That gives Verbeek the time and opportunity to build on his relationship with local coaches - a process that started with a brief meeting the day after the grand final.
"I have said from the start I am willing to help the A-League, to help the coaches, and that is true," he said. "I don't need coaches on the field at this moment, because I have Henk [Duut], I have 'Arnie' [Graham Arnold]. That's more than enough. But there is never a problem for coaches to join and see training sessions and talk if they have an idea. My sessions, there is always a vision behind them. The best way is to have meetings with coaches. You can learn a lot from that.
"It's one of the reasons I decided to be assistant coach to [Guus] Hiddink after 12 years. If you can work with a well-known, high-profile coach like Hiddink, you can pick up things you might not have seen, or thought about.
"So if coaches are interested, they know they can always come [to training]. They can always call If they want to come and join me in the training, they are welcome, and they know that."
