Pep Guardiola is as legendary as a manager in European football as there are – seven Premier League titles with Manchester City, three liga titles with Barcelona, three Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich, and through all these Stops, three titles of the Champions League.
From the perspective of match 1 of the NBA final last year, there was Guardiola on the field, speaking in the coach of the Celtics Joe Mazzulla, who had trained a team for two seasons but was at dawn of a ring. Mazzulla spoke of this moment on the Podcast men in blazers, which you can now broadcast on Peacock.
“The greatest thing I wanted to take to him was: what does it look like before winning? What are the challenges that come with the first victory? And what are you now that you have won. He saw all these steps, And it just gives you a great perspective as to: okay, if you are going to do it for a long time, here is what you expect, here is how to adapt and here is how to look at it.
Mazzulla said that he admired Guardiola’s roadmap for success and had tried to follow him.
“Obviously, far from the manager that Pep is but we share a similar start. He trained the Barcelona team B, I was in the Maine G-League team, and they could easily go for a plus Large name, but they go to this type sitting on the back bench without any experience.
“It has really become a roadmap to find out how I wanted to build a culture, a team, and you know, to get the size. Separates the coaches in any sport – it’s Something I thought I could really learn. “
The Mazzulla Celtics found their groove a few weeks before the stars break and head for the last section of the season as one of the favorites of the bets to win the title. If Mazzulla needs advice on managing this, don’t be surprised if he reaches out to Guardiola.
