Krikunov: Russian coaches can be sacked after first games
Former Russia head coach Vladimir Krikunov says domestic coaches rush pre-season work as they risk dismissal, citing Borisov's exit at Amur after one game.
Vladimir Krikunov, a former head coach of the Russia national team, says domestic coaches force their pre-season preparation because they can lose their jobs after the first games. Foreign coaches, he says, do not face that. He cited Borisov at Amur, as reported by Sports.ru.
Krikunov put the question to himself and answered it:
"Why do Russian coaches force the preparation? Because ours can be sacked after the first games, foreigners can't. As it was, for example, with Borisov at Amur," he said. The agency dates the episode to the 2000/01 season.
He then described how it went:
"He worked one game, and before the second the club president came in and said: 'Seryozha, let's go and talk.' I was at that match, I look, and he's not on the coaches' bridge. I ask the assistant, and he says they've sacked Seryoga. I said: 'Fine, one game has passed!' So yes, unfortunately, it is harder for our coaches," Krikunov said.
His remarks tie the rush in preparation to the length of the leash a club gives its coach. If that view holds among Russian coaches, it may mean the early weeks of a season are approached differently by domestic and foreign staff.
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