Barry Trotz Quotes

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

I used to have a log on every corner in the league, what their strengths and weaknesses are.

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.

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.

As a player, I had no idea whatsoever about getting a team ready for a game, what it entails.

Teams are trying to get the advantage over the other team by what kind of reads we can get, how can we measure guys if they're tired - all these things.

As a player, I've always been interested in understanding the coaches' minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

I have to know the characteristics of the players. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of the championship and the players. Now I study my players.

It's not always the fault of the manager when a player is not performing well, I can tell you.

To look at the players, to communicate with the players, to observe and to analyze - that's my job.

A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.

So you get two good hours on the field about every day, you get about an hour and a half in the meeting room and that's pretty much all you need to thoroughly coach your team.

To get the best out of any player you need to play him in his best position, it's as simple as that.

A good coach is someone who can break down players, someone who is good with angles, setting up points on the court.

I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

No two managers are the same and I believe how players are man-managed on a daily basis has a huge influence on their performance on the field.

I think it is inevitable that I'll be coaching or be a GM.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

In Italy, the coaches are very attentive to the details. They really study things, and that is a big difference here. They look at your movement, your positioning. They study you and work out how to stop you.

It's really an organizational job with a football team to watch them go through their day.

When you're a general manager, you don't get to see every single player, so you have to rely on your scouts.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.