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Originally Posted by Dirtycheat
well, looking at the number of former-united players that went into management after playing for fergie, i hope that at least one of them picked his brains and can succeed him.
If we do win the double this year some cynics could say that its the perfect time for fergie to end his successful managerial career, however im not sure fergie is like that. I know he is on a one year- rollover contract and i respect him for that because he could easily sign a 5- year one and retire at any any time and still get all the money.
All the stress cant do his health many favours and i would understand if he decides to call it quits and take a back seat at united instead. He probably deserves a good retirement after all those years of hard work. Hopefully he can carry on for one or two seasons though  |
Nah mate, i have to disagree on the time horizon you're recommending. I think the man lives for this. You take football from him and he's left with nothing. When you look at other legends in sports you'll see tons of managers that have gone into their 70s and 80s. Joe Paterno at Penn State is 81 and has bene doing it for the better part of 4 decades! Seriously. SAF will be fine.
Otto Pfister is over 70, and i don't see why Bobby Robson isn't capable of managing and he's 75 and was managing past his 71st birthday.
Joe gibbs is 67, Tom Coughlin is 61, Romeo Crennel is 60, Wade Phillips is 60. None of them are retiring any time soon.
If you can have politicians into their 70s and 80s, why not managers.