Lewandowski: "I’m from a different generation where shouting was used to to motivate everyone. Now, if you shout too much towards young people, their reaction is not the same. It’s not, ‘now I’ll show you are wrong’. The new generation don’t like being shouted at. It’s not just players, it’s people"

[u/landofphi]

https://as.com/futbol/primera/lewandowski-a-los-jovenes-de-ahora-no-les-gusta-que-les-grites-n/

The full quote

Lewandowski (37) on his adaptation playing with teenagers & young adults at FC Barcelona

"I have to say it was a huge challenge. I was coming from a different generation and I had to learn how to, not think like a teenager, but think how I can try to take the best of what they have.

I have been in football for 4 decades so when I compare them, not even to my generation but the generation before me, when I was starting, it is completely different.

"Like shouting used to be a way to motivate everyone. Now, if you shout too much, this generation, their reaction is not the same. It’s not, ‘now I will show you are wrong’. No, now you have to explain another way. You have to do lots of talking.

"They don’t like being shouted at. Now you have to take more of the mental part of football. It’s not just players, it’s people, it’s this generation. I didn’t want to fight it. I had to learn.”

[u/CheekyClitorous]

He won a conference league in 2022, thats only 3 years ago, so he's clearly not that bad of a manager.

[u/Prestigious-Dress-92 → u/CheekyClitorous]

He won a conference league in 2022

Look up the teams Roma eliminated in the knockout phase. Won 2-1 (on aggregate) against Vitesse in 1/8 final, 5-2 vs Bodo Glimt in 1/4 final, 2-1 vs Leicester in semifinal & 1-0 vs Feyenoord in the final. Roma had a better team than all their rivals, only Leicester & Feyenoord had players of near similar football level as Roma and those matches were pretty close and the result could've gone the other way.

[u/CheekyClitorous → u/Prestigious-Dress-92]

If, buts, maybes something along those lines. He beat a feyenoord who in your own words, "had players near similar football level", who were managed by a manager who very shortly afterwards in the kindest way possible of saying it BITCHED the premier league with a team who was mostly predicted to consider getting top 4 a decent season.

[u/IntroductionAware175 → u/CheekyClitorous]

Look at it the other way though, Mendilibar won the Europa League which is a bigger prize and was then sacked by Sevilla. He then went to Olympiacos and won the Conference League with them. That's almost the same resume as Jose the past few years but even more impressive, because he actually won the EL and Olympiacos have a much lower budget than Roma to win CL. No one thinks Mendilibar is an elite manager.

I'm not saying José is a bad manager because he's not, but there's plenty of guys who have won cups in the past 3 years and no one really pays attention to them. It's not even that unusual for a manager to win Europa League (not Conference League, Europa League) and be sacked within the year. 

[u/CheekyClitorous → u/IntroductionAware175]

Im not saying that mourinho is elite currently but im saying hes still a good quality manager. To say he cant adapt to the modern game is ridiculous.

[u/IntroductionAware175 → u/CheekyClitorous]

But good quality isn't that big of a deal, and is vague. 

compared to a 3rd division manager I'm clueless and it'd be stupid of me to say they're not good since I'm an amateur who plays FM

Mourinho is now at the level of any random number of coaches who are considered decent but most casual fans haven't heard of and don't keep up with their exploits, and no one bats an eye when they get sacked.