Matt Nagy Quotes

The Reeves Nelson debacle, that hurt me. There are certain things regarding him that I couldn't say then and still can't. But I should have pulled the plug on him after his sophomore year. We tried to make it work, but we couldn't make it happen.

Captain Huston and myself have spent over $200,000 in strengthening the Yankees since we purchased the club. We paid $37,500 for Frank Baker; we paid $25,000 for Lee Magee, and we have got rid of a young fortune on other players who couldn't deliver the goods. And we have had some of the most frightful luck I ever heard of.

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

Consistency in selection is great but it's a whole lot easier if you've got players who warrant that consistency through their performances.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

We've got to use every piece of data and piece of information, and hopefully that will help us be accurate with our player evaluation. For us, that's our life blood.

If a player fails to perform in four or five consecutive matches, he should be dropped irrespective of whether he is a senior or a junior player.

You can't say somebody is a bust if they're making plays and running to the ball.

Whenever you name a team and whenever you pick a squad, that is when you have to make the most difficult calls. To tell a player, 'I'm not selecting you, and these are the reasons why...' it's tough.

Two of the most difficult parts of our business is trades and when a player leaves.

Managers can make themselves look strong by selling or dropping players, but if the move doesn't work, the choice looks flawed.

I'm a good listener, and I take into consideration everything people tell me, but at the same time, I believe my eyes as well as the experience I had as a player. So players who underperform? There has to be a reason why... my job is for them to perform.

They fire coaches before players.

We have to talk about the players we have.

I think what we've tried to preach to our players is we're going to let the best players play.

Sometimes, it is logical that by analysing a player, one thinks it is better to play him in one place or another, but then, if he is good, you can be more flexible.

It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

If you are the coach of a national team, you have to evaluate players based on what they do on the pitch.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

Usually, if I do a good job in the plus/minus category, I know I've had a good game.

For me, the sign of a bad player is someone who makes the same mistake twice.

First impressions are huge, especially with the coaching staff.

The key for scouting is trying to predict when the player is peaking.

It is down to the manager what he wants to do in the transfer window. Us as players, we just have to focus on each game that comes along and try and do our best.