Quote from: MAAManda on Today at 04:09:23 AM

Quote from: LGD2Business on June 07, 2025, 09:58:10 PM

Ivan Jurić is the new manager of Atalanta. He came after Gian Piero Gasperini and will be in charge until the end of the 2027 season. Jurić was available after a failed stint at Southampton. He has previously managed Roma, Torino and Verona. I don't think he's very successful. It looks like Atalanta didn't find a better alternative and brought him. I don't think he will be more successful than Gasperini. But we'll watch and see.

Everyone is wondering why Atalanta chose a manager who has had less than satisfactory results throughout his managerial career, but what people don't see is that it's about club philosophy & club vision. Atalanta is known as a team that plays attacking football (unlike Atletico Madrid) & also known as a club that produces young talents. This philosophy and vision of Atlanta is in line with Ivan Juric, that's why Atalanta chose him. Before the season starts, we can only guess, but when it starts, we might see the results.

If the old coach had led Atalanta to win Serie A, I highly doubt that the Atalanta board would have fired the coach, so it seems to me that the Atalanta board is adrift. If this new coach can't keep the team in the 4th position, then the Atalanta board will fire him.

When the board of a club gets used to reaching the European Champions League, but doesn't win the title, they start thinking that it's the coach's fault and that when they hire another one, then everything will be easy, but the harsh reality becomes clear in the middle of the season when the club with the new coach doesn't even reach the 6th position. I believe that this will happen with Atalanta