We are joined today by current Western Sydney Wanderers manager, Carl Robinson. Carl and I discuss his background as a player and how that knowledge transitioned into his coaching. As a player Carl displayed managerial qualities, one in particular being encouraging players around him to do better individually and as a collective. From this he understood that coaching was the most logical path to take, post footballer.
As a manger now Carl has had the opportunity to meet and learn from the world’s best coaches, nonetheless his number one takeaway is do not always apply prior information learned from other coaches into your managerial style. It’s sounds contradictory but you’ll have to stay tuned as to why this logic has propelled him to be the manager we know today.
TIMESTAMPS
[00:06] Introduction to Carl Robinson
[02:21] How the game in Australia is developing
[03:59] How football is competing with other sports
[05:31] Who influenced you most when you were playing
[09:22] Did you always want to go into coaching
[12:11] How a helicopter view of the game helps you improve
[13:29] Transitioning from player to coach
[15:03] Biggest challenge and changes going from assistant to manager
[21:39] Changes of complexity in the game
[26:45] Trusting your instinct as a manager
[27:17] How has the game changed
[29:11] Starting at an early age
[31:02] Making time to get acquainted with every player
[34:41] Future goals as a manager
[37:40] Outro
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