leaderless Königsblauen return
By: Porter | April 1st, 2009The Bundesliga returns to action this Friday after the international break with Schalke’s visit of Arminia Bielefeld.
For Schalke, their visit of Bielefeld comes on the heels of letting go coach Fred Rutten, a few weeks after the unceremonious firing of twenty-year man Andreas Müller. While the club will likely deny it, their dealing of the matter is the not-so well kept secret amongst coaching professionals. Oliver Kahn announced very publicly that he has “business affairs” tying him up through the balance of the year and Slaven Bilić’s gig with Croatia and Rawbau has ruled him out. With Schalke in eighth place and in-need of a powerful late season surge for the Europa League, they will be led by the coaching collective of Fred Rutten’s assistants Mike Büskens, Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck.
How Schalke handles this leaderless final two months is a matter that will be proved out in-time but it is quite obviously been mismanaged by the board. To effectively rid your top two leaders, one part of the clubs fabric for the last two decades is lunacy at this time of year particularly given they didn’t have anyone tied up for the position. For a team playing like a mid-table side in the second half of the season, there is absolutely no way these actions can be seen as “motivating” and whoever decided this was a course of action to take should find themselves in the unemployment line.
Category: Schalke Team News
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