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Didn't say the coach wasn't important -- just that the coach has less of an influence over an individual game than coaches in other sports. IMO, Inter should have won the Scudetto almost every year for the past 10 years on paper not because of poor coaching, that prevented them from winning...

I may hate baseball with a passion (almost as much as I hate egotistical NBA players). But, IMO, a baseball manager has a lot more influence over the game than a soccer coach does. The walks to the mound to discuss pitching strategy. The batter instructions to bunt, walk, sacrifice, or...

Soccer is one sport where I think the coach matters less -- compared to other sports. There's the conditioning and the preparation -- and the influence on player selection during transfer windows and before matches. But during the match it's really about the players. The coaches can offer some...