COACHING FUTURE CHAMPIONS: Creating An Environment To Succeed
Sir Alex Ferguson, the renowned former football manager of Manchester United, had incredible success over a 27-year career with the club. Since he departed from the club, Manchester United has struggled to match the outstanding results Ferguson could produce during his years in charge. Many of the Managers who have replaced Ferguson have also had big reputations and have proven track records at other big clubs. So why have these replacements not been able to match the standards set by Ferguson and demanded by the clubs' supporters? Why was Sir Alex Ferguson able to do for Manchester United what no other football manager has been able to do since? If Manchester United were the same team, why were they unable to continue with the same results? There was a similar story in the world of boxing. When Michael Gerard Tyson, better known to the world as Mike, was 16 years old, he met a boxing trainer named Gus D'Amato. D'Amato was an experienced trainer with a