Bayern: Dismissal Of Julian Nagelsmann & Appointment Of Thomas Tuchel

The high-profile story of recent days: the dismissal of Julian Nagelsmann from Bayern and the appointment of Thomas Tuchel. Since 2016, the coaches have met six times in the Bundesliga and the Champions League, but first crossed paths at Augsburg II in the 2007/08 season.

 

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Let’s rewind time 16 years ago

 

Then the 33-year-old Tuchel, who had already completed his career for nine years and had already worked with the youth team of Stuttgart, had just headed Augsburg II.

 

In the same place, a very young Julian Nagelsmann was eager for a big game. “I could talk about football endlessly. Even then, he was thinking about how to improve himself and the team on and off the field, ”these are the memories of striker Stefan Hein, who knew Julian at that time.

 

Soon, Julian was seriously injured and was forced to end his career at the age of 20. The contract ended in 2008, and then Tuchel found Nagelsmann a new role. “The club continued to pay me a salary, and in return I watched the matches of my opponents. The alternative was to terminate the contract, but I didn’t want that,” Julian recalled.

 

The first such team was Gersthofen. “My girlfriend filmed the match on camera and I took notes at the same time. Paper, pen and camera – that’s the whole set. Tuchel was impressed and told me that he also saw the opponent’s game and noticed similar things, ”said Julian.

 

Nagelsmann’s observations helped Augsburg II win 3-1, the same Hein made a double. So Julian found that the new role gives him great pleasure. “Before that, I had never thought about becoming a coach. You can say that Thomas pushed me,” admitted Nagelsmann.

 

From the second half of the season, Julian was appointed Tuchel’s assistant, although de facto he served as a scout. Nagelsmann almost did not participate in the training process.

 

Julian and Thomas parted ways at the end of the 2007/08 season: Nagelsmann left to work as an assistant coach at 1860 Munich U17, and Tuchel skidded to Mainz U19.

 

“I can’t say that Tuchel was like a second father to me – although many call him that. Our relationship was pragmatic,” Nagelsmann succinctly summed up his brief collaboration with Tuchel.

 

Due to the huge difference in resources in some championships, the criteria for success have blurred. The championship is now the minimum expectation for any coach, and not an indicator of the right path. The only source of answers is the Champions League – a powerful tournament, but bad ground for conclusions, since the whole season boils down to a couple of matches that may just fall into a bad segment, or may really display a problem of growth. Domestic championships have no additional value, and therefore do not provide any protection.

 

The dismissal of Julian Nagelsmann is a very strange and in many ways even a sad decision. A progressive coach wants to empathize, and emotions will only intensify if you remember: Nagelsmann has been rooting for Bayern since childhood.

 

Nagelsmann’s departure epitomizes the modern culture of club management. Too harsh – and not the fact that very effective