i thought it was common knowledge here that not being able to motivate the players anymore got allegri fired. so yes mate, as every other coach out there, sarri should obviously be able to motivate his players, as that's part of their job description.
btw yesterday wasn't about motivation, it was about physical preparation gone south long ago, tactical stubbornness, game management and the result of the lack of rotation skills. i saw a motivated, but tired and unprepared team.
and yes, being able to keep the score is an important part of a competent coach's skillset. somebody did the math already, and if it's accurate, it's a terrible indication of how fragile sarriventus is: we lost 18 points from a winning position. 3 of those 18 would have already sealed the scudetto.
ConteInda beats Sarriventus. Apparently they lost 22 points while being in the lead. Many wanted Conte here btw.
Another thing is the myth of lack of rotation. Who do you play? How do you rotate? Sarri uses all the players that are available. Lately he was even forced to use unfit players like AS and Ramsey. DC is a disaster waiting to happen (and just happened again yesterday). Higuain has suffered his second injury since covid. Pjanic has had some issues lately too.
Let's not even metion Khedira, MDS and Chiellini here. They're never available.
We need to realize that problems are way bigger than the coach. I mean, Allegri has faced the same issues but under Sarri it looks worse because of this packed as fuck finish to the season. It doesn't really help that this team is so narrow in squad yet so old.
Motivation has been harder for this side with each year passing, because when you win, inevitably you're becoming full. Is Sarri shitty when it comes to motivation? I don't think so, he's not exceptional at it and that's all. I really doubt this is the real problem here. Sarri's biggest problem is, he didn't receive the same availability from the players that he got elsewhere. It's one thing to go to Napoli and sell them your ideas and another one is to do it here. When you deal with champions who have won so much, they won't be as interested in changing their ways.
Another thing is Juve has simply too many names that look just good on paper. If this Sarri experiment has any chance of succeeding here, then Paratici has to go for younger players with lower profiles but with lots of potential. The ones that are hungry and will show availability to Sarri's ideas. De Ligt and Bentancur seem to get what is expected from them. Kulu will probably fit in well here, he's got a proper engine to do the running and we've seen him creating quite a bit for Parma. Hopefully Arthur will adapt quickly enough and stays fit.
To sum up: we're in the worst place possible because this team is no longer Allegri's but it's neither Sarri's. Now the management has to take responsibility and decide what to do next. You either continue with the idea of changing or go back to what it was. Let's just not do something in between because next year Juve might not be this lucky to win a title.