Gerardo Martino Quotes

When you change 10 out of 22 outfield players, you need time and hard work.

As coaches, we usually have plenty of changes from one year to the next. Sometimes it seems like it's at one position. Sometimes it's across the board. But this is really a part of every year that we have in coaching in the NFL.

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

People seem to expect when that happens, for players to be brought in that are so much better than the ones that have left. In the end they might be better but in the beginning they might be worse. Because they all have to gel and get to know each other and get to know you.

It's never a straightforward thing to do, to be able to inherit a squad. When you're mid-season it's never easy to get a team or a squad of players to function exactly the way you want them to.

Every season I think it's right every great team tries to improve the quality of the team.

It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players.

I think players changing coaches is normal.

I think your team evolves every year. The more you know about it, the better you can coach it.

I think there are always growing pains with teams.

I want to build a team who can play home and away the same.

But it's been a learning experience; learning the NBA, learning the travel schedule and certain coaches, their styles, what they like to run out of timeouts, personnel, tendencies.

It is possible to sign many great players, but you cannot buy a team.

We have to talk about the players we have.

Sometimes you can line up with a quarterback after getting traded or going to a new team, whether it's the draft or whatever, and it not go smooth.

I am interested in how much and how quickly Klopp, the manager that I know, can change the team at Liverpool.

Every season, players come in and players go, but I think it is good news if top players come in.

Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.

There are times when new players replace injured players in the national squad. Since the new players don't have enough experience and match practice at the international level, they seldom play under a lot of pressure.

Any new coach takes about six months to adjust to the system, and players also need time to understand his methods.

As a coach you need to choose the characteristics your players can contribute. I don't think it's a good thing for a coach to analyse his team by looking for something he sees in other teams. He has to pay close attention to the characteristics his team have, and make the most of those.

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.

I didn't get a training camp in Chicago. I was behind a lot in the plays, in the team's chemistry. Everything in the organization was going in a different direction.

If you know my kind of football, you will know I'm about training sessions, working on habits. If you have the chance to do that, okay. If you don't though, it's not so easy to change something about the team.