#2 “30% of coaching is tactics, 70% social competence”
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A 28-year-old saving a club from relegation was pretty hard to fathom last season. But Julian Nagelsmann, now 29, has defied his baby-face looks and age to mastermind a Champions League place for TSG Hoffenheim, which is even harder to digest for those who believed last season's run was an aberration for a young coach.
With a mixture of youth and experience on the pitch, TSG have done something that'll make the likes of Weinzierl, Schmidt and Andre Schubert re-think their managerial futures!
So good was Hoffenhiem's run, they were the only remaining unbeaten side at one point in the season, something that even Bayern Munich couldn't manage. A wanted man at Bayern's Säbener Strasse to coach their U23 side not so long ago, Nagelsmann took the hard route and rose to prominence at Hoffenhiem.
His ideology isn't about the cerebral tactics that Pep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel employ, but instead, man-management and ability to adapt to the opposition team's style.
Getting past the Champions League qualifiers will take some doing, but if they do make the showcase tournament, the football fraternity might just get to witness the young coach's eccentric style.
