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The Mourinho method: how his charismatic authority brings success … and instability

Manchester United manager’s mastery of psychology gets players to buy into his philosophy. But history suggests it cannot last

 

Last season, Eden Hazard observed that the main difference between José Mourinho and Antonio Conte was that Mourinho does not practise “automisations”. He does not have players practise set moves they can perform almost unconsciously that can be deployed at great pace when the situation demands. He organises his defence and leaves his forwards to improvise. That has been taken by some as evidence that Mourinho is no longer at the forefront of coaching – and perhaps it is – but it is also a detail that explains his entire methodology.

 

While studying at the Instituto Superior de Educação Física in Lisbon, Mourinho came under the influence of Prof Manuel Sérgio, who believed that football knowledge was not enough for a coach, that he also had to be a psychologist, a public speaker and have a grasp of the sciences. Specifically, he gave lectures on emotions and how they could be manipulated. Mourinho followed them with a rapacious curiosity. “He looked,” Manuel Sérgio said, “like a cat catching birds.”

 

His studies in psychology drew Mourinho to many of the conclusions reached by the Portuguese neurologist António Damásio, who has since written the introduction to a study about Mourinho’s methods by four Portuguese researchers. In his 1994 book Descartes’s Error, Damásio argues that emotions are more rational than is commonly believed and that decisions are more influenced by emotional factors.

At Manchester United is José Mourinho’s third-season syndrome arriving early?

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“For us, to say that this or that player is in great physical shape is a mistake,” Mourinho said during his time at Porto. “The player is either fit or not. And what do we mean by being fit? It is to be physically well and to be part of a game plan which a player knows inside out. With regard to the psychological side, which is essential to play at the highest level, a fit player feels confident, cooperates with and believes in his team-mates, and shows solidarity towards them. All of this put together means a player is fit and it is reflected in playing well.”

 

This is the basis of the theory of periodisation, as preached by Vítor Frade, the Portuguese academic who has been a huge influence over a generation of Portuguese coaches and worked as Mourinho’s director of methodology at Porto.

 

It means no drills to improve stamina or discrete skills, it means no gym work unless a player is recovering from injury and it means no automisations.

 

“When he started as a head coach there were very few people coaching like he was coaching,” said the former Wolves midfielder Silas, who played under Mourinho at União de Leiria, “but now we see a lot of coaches doing the same. It’s a kind of training that’s completely focused on game situations, all game situations, all really specific.”

 

Mourinho’s approach is “guided discovery”. Players are not taught moves by rote which, for him, offers a false sense of virtuosity that unravels against a better organised or more aggressive opponent. They are essentially persuaded by example of the efficacy of the Mourinho model until they instinctively reach for a Mourinho solution. “It is not easy to put this theory into practice, especially with top players who are not prepared to accept everything they are told just because it comes from you, the authority …” Mourinho said. “I will arrange the training sessions to lead along a certain path, they will begin feeling it … all together, we reach a conclusion.”

 

The players are made to feel they own the conclusions Mourinho wants them to reach. It’s a form of brainwashing, which perhaps explains the air of cultishness that so often characterises his relationship with his squad – and, indeed, with fans and certain journalists. It is an emotional as well as a technical process, one rooted in his “charismatic authority”, to use the term employed by the sociologist Max Weber in his 1919 lecture “Politics as a Vocation”, which addresses the issue of personality cults.

 

The identification of both an external enemy – the football authorities, referees, pundits, whoever – and “rats”, club figures who for offences real or imagined find themselves outside the inner circle, helps strengthen those bonds.

 

Mourinho’s mastery of psychology allows him to secure a buy-in that, for instance, can persuade Samuel Eto’o to operate as an auxiliary full-back or Xabi Alonso to turn against some of his Spain team-mates – as he did when Madrid played Barcelona four times in 18 days in 2011. But there is a problem. Weber argued that instances of charismatic authority “cannot remain stable; they will become either traditionalised or rationalised, or a combination of both”. It is that, perhaps, that best explains why Mourinho has only ever been successful in short bursts; in time, the impact of his charisma wears off and players kick against an authority that has become habitual.

 

In the past, that is when third-season syndrome has set in, which is what makes reports of a new five-year contract so extraordinary. There have been signs this season that at Old Trafford that the process has been accelerated. Mourinho’s problem may be less that his rejection of automisation is old hat than that the methodology to which it is integral is undermined by a familiarity with his techniques that erodes the charismatic authority on which they are based.

 

The Guardian

Editado 7 Setembro 2018 por Sumudica by Night

[passonov]

Lendo isto na integra da a ideia que o Mourinho não trabalha movimentos ofensivos! qq treinador trabalha movimentação ofensiva...qq treinador de topo digamos assim... Talvez a maior diferença seja que Mourinho não robotiza as suas equipas, o que eu entendo do Hazard diz e tornar os jogadores robôs! Mourinho da lhes movimentos e uma serie de soluções onde a capacidade do jogador, a sua inteligência há de tirar o melhor partido! Isto é chamado de tomada de decisão, algo que hj em dia esta mt controlado ou seja...nas equipas de topo tudo é trabalhado ao pormenor, ao milímetro, por isso vemos mtas vezes jogadores de topo com dificuldade em se adaptar á sua nova equipa, isto pq? pq ele vem de um trabalho continuo com os mesmo movimentos e mesmos fins sem quase decidir por ele próprio e dps qd o colocam com uma nova realidade e novos movimentos a vida fica difícil! O treinador exemplo pra mim disto é Jorge Jesus, transforma um jogador mediano em grande jogador, mas no seu modelo. nos seus movimentos, pq qd muda de clube ou é realmente craque e mt intiligente ou então desaparece...

 

Por isso se diz que hj em dia a posição 10 desapareceu e pq? Era o pensador, o jogador que pegava na bola, lia o jogo e decidia e hj em dia poucas equipas de top usam este tipo de jogador!

[Lebohang]

At Manchester United is José Mourinho’s third-season syndrome arriving early?

 

United manager’s public criticism of his players was the latest sign he is feeling the pressure as his side trail Manchester City in the Premier League title race

 

The question was harmless enough but the response was revealing. In the King Power Stadium, with the pain of Leicester City’s late equaliser still raw, José Mourinho stared incredulously at his inquisitor and snarled back without pausing.

 

“Do you think I’m worried with that now, in this moment? With captain and Paul and Paul and captain? No. Do you have any more questions about the game?”

 

“It’s related to the game,” came the reply.

 

“No, it’s not related to the game,” said Mourinho, rising from his chair. “What do you mean the armband? What is the influence in the game?”

 

“We’re just trying to do our job and get a line.”

 

“Which line? The line of the captain? Pfff. That’s not a line,” the Manchester United manager shrugged dismissively as he started walking towards the door. “Any more questions? Merry Christmas, eh.”

 

Even as Mourinho rants go, his reaction to being asked about Paul Pogba’s first Premier League match as United captain was one of the more bizarre matters over which to lose his temper. But this has been a month in which the 54-year-old has been involved in a tunnel bust-up at Old Trafford, walked out of a press conference accusing the media of a lack of respect for Bournemouth, and referred to Bristol City as lucky after a cup defeat. He is growing increasingly frustrated as Manchester City sweep all before them.

 

Accusing his players of making “childish decisions” in the dying moments of Saturday’s match was an indication that Mourinho is quickly losing patience with some of the senior members of his squad, with Anthony Martial, Ashley Young and Chris Smalling – forced to play on with an injury because United had no substitutes remaining – the potential culprits he had in mind.

 

It brought back memories of his bitter attack on his Chelsea side after their defeat at Leicester a little more than two years ago. On that occasion Mourinho accused his players of betraying him as they suffered a ninth league defeat of the season despite having won the title a few months earlier – he was sacked two days later. Although there is a long way to go before he reaches that scale of meltdown, there is compelling evidence that the early stages of his notorious third-season syndrome may have arrived way ahead of schedule.

 

For a manager who has never failed to win the domestic title in his second season at any of his clubs, it is easy to understand why. Even with United starting the second half of the season in their highest position since they won the Premier League in 2013, Mourinho finds his team cut adrift of Pep Guardiola’s City. A lack of professionalism against Leicester cost them, with Martial and Jesse Lingard spurning opportunities to secure a win.

 

But the withering assessment that there was a “lack of maturity” is unlikely to have been well received in the dressing room, especially by Young, whom Mourinho accused of failing to get his message across. The England international has emerged as one of his most trusted lieutenants, captaining the side on more than one occasion this season, so it was surprising to hear him singled out.

 

But, as Mourinho admitted so publicly, the armband does not mean much to him. In the absence of the club captain, Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia has been the regular choice for most of this season along with Smalling, with Pogba stepping in on Saturday. Perhaps that is part of the problem?

 

It is difficult to imagine a United side containing Steve Bruce or Roy Keane succumbing to such a sloppy equaliser against 10 men with the last kick of the match and Mourinho’s inability to relay his instructions to his team via Young when Smalling was injured does not reflect well on the manager’s relationship with his team.

 

A trusted captain can provide the crucial link between players and manager that appears to be missing at the moment – a role to which Pogba should be perfectly suited. His suspension for the Manchester derby was a bitter blow to Mourinho’s hopes of taking the game to City but with the midfielder back in the side it would make sense to entrust him with the captaincy for the long term.

 

The home fixture against Burnley on Boxing Day provides United with the chance of immediate redemption, and the subsequent games against Southampton and away at Everton must be won to stand any chance of keeping the title race alive. As Mourinho himself once said: “As the coach and leader you must be the master motivator of your team.” Now is the time for him to prove that his methods can still have an effect.

[Simeone]

Duvido que o Mourinho chegue ao fim da época enquanto treinador do United. E espero que, quando for despedido, tire um ano sabático. Já foi um dos melhores do mundo, mas atualmente é cada vez mais banal. Precisa de repensar e recriar os seus métodos. No Chelsea já se viam grandes problemas na sua equipa, contudo, chegou ao United e fez a mesma coisa.

[IlidioMA]

https://youtu.be/dpf1LTYf9-c?t=173 Editado 7 Agosto 2018 por IlidioMA

[Sumudica by Night]

“O clube deixou de ser civilizado, pois Mourinho é amoral. Ganhamos apesar dele, não por causa dele”: a resistência anónima no United

[Bashir]

Incrivel e nem sequer me surpreendo.

[verY]

"O Mourinho fez com que o United deixa-se de ser um clube civilizado"

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[Elvis]

Acho conveniente que todos os pontos levantados são cenas que saíram na imprensa, não houve propriamente nenhuma informação privilegiada que levasse um gajo a pensar "ui, se calhar é a sério".

Adorei a parte do Mourinho passar a vida a dizer que ganhou mais EPLs que os outros treinadores juntos. 😂

[IlidioMA]

Tudo certo, quem escreve isto tem muita razão, mas eu pergunto, se estão insatisfeitos, e profundamente contra o rumo que o Mou quer para o Man Utd, porque não o despedem?

 

Isto não é a Casa Branca... O Mourinho pode ser despedido. E não custa mais que muito flop que eles têm ido buscar ao mercado, ano após ano.

[Lebohang]

"O clube deixou de ser civilizado pois o Mourinho é amoral".

Será que estamos portanto a assistir a uma Tugãozificação do Manchester United?

[Black Hawk]

Isto é fake, tresanda a paródia por todos os lados. Os casos referidos são todos de domínio público, nenhuma informação divulgada na carta é propriamente novidade. E enviaram a carta para a Eurosport? Não para a BBC, não para um tabloid, mas para a Eurosport? Não me convencem.

[Lebohang]

Citação de Black Hawk, há 3 minutos:

E enviaram a carta para a Eurosport? Não para a BBC, não para um tabloid, mas para a Eurosport? Não me convencem.

Mas por outro lado repara: a Eurosport é um canal com reputação, que detém os direitos dos Jogos Olímpicos e Tour de France, por exemplo. Eles arriscariam colocar o nome do canal na lama divulgando uma carta falsa?

É que eles dizem no próprio site que o remetente/autor é um director sénior do Manchester United cuja a identidade foi ocultada.

[Black Hawk]

Receberam uma carta anónima e divulgaram-na, inclusivé com o cuidado de alertar para isso mesmo - limpando daí as mãos para o caso de ser um disparate.

 

Se a carta for legítima, fico algo desiludido pelos detalhes nela constantes. Podiam ter aproveitado e, o espírito da resistência, ter divulgado algo com mais sumo 😛

[kareca]

Deve ter sido assinada pelo tal dirigente e pedido para manter anonimato

[Lebohang]

No site da Eurosport diz isso mesmo, a identidade do autor da carta foi confirmada mas mantida em segredo devido ao risco de ser sancionado pelo clube.
 

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The Warm-Up world exclusive: I am part of the resistance inside the Mourinho administration

The Warm-Up is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous op-Ed essay . We have done so at the request of the author, a senior official in the United administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardised by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers.

 

[Visitante]

Isto é incrível.

[Sumudica by Night]

Depois das fake news, e do pós-verdade, chegam as cartas anónimas de dentro das organizações.

[Sandes.]

Parece que é paródia, segundo os Truques da Imprensa. E comparando os dois artigos (Trump vs Mourinho) é claro que é brincadeira da Eurosport 😄

[pedrituh_9]

Citação de Sandes., há 1 minuto:

Parece que é paródia, segundo os Truques da Imprensa. E comparando os dois artigos (Trump vs Mourinho) é claro que é brincadeira da Eurosport 😄

 

[Sumudica by Night]

Caso seja, peço desculpa ao nossos ouvintes.

[Eden Hazard]

[Bill Amend]

Isto é obviamente uma piada... 👏 Record por levar isto a sério.

[Wincing Hálldor]

O Sumudica foi Sumudicado

[Bashir]

bamboozled!