Tuchel on the importance of building trust
In an exclusive interview Thomas Tuchel takes time out to explain his management philosophies and includes why honesty and humility play a vital role in the relationship between both the coach and the players.
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| Head-Coach Thomas Tuchel in the dugout during Chelsea's FA Cup game against Barnsley |
Tuchel has previously spoken about taking a calm and natural approach with both his players during his early stages as Chelsea head coach, keen to criticise or praise based on performances only, without putting too much of the focus o results whilst getting to understand his new team.
Despite this Tuchel is still unbeaten in his reign as Chelsea head coach, with four wins and one draw going into tonight's game at home to Newcastle United.
Tuchel still insists however, that he would not have a problem mixing up in order to voice his displeasure through more forceful terms, were he to feel that his teams performances were to merit it, but would like to only use it if it was for a productive purpose.
I am currently in a moment where I am extremely happy and can tell them that I am very happy with their attitude, as well as the performance and atmosphere within the dressing room,' Tuchel said. 'There is certainly no harm in this and I am not holding back. It is absolutely necessary of course to me to be totally emotional and shout if I feel that it is the right time to do this in order to surprise.'
'If you were to it all of the time then nobody would listen, because then it just becomes a habit. The goal is to be a bit unpredictable, to be emotional sometimes, but more of the time to be reasonable.'
The Chelsea head-coach strongly believes that that the key factor between both a team and a coach is trust, as it allows them to talk through any issues whilst trying to find solutions by working together, knowing that criticism is constructive and is directed towards helping them, without having to worry about egos being damaged or causing any offence.
'The most important thing for me is to build both trust and relationship which we can rely on,' Tuchel stated. 'You don't insult and shout at people whilst they are in a group, this is completely unacceptable, but if we have to make things clear, then I am a big supporter in doing this in front of the whole group.'
'If I see any behaviour which I believe will harm the the group and will cause trouble for the team on the pitch then I strongly believe we should tell the players individually, however, I also strongly believe that the group themselves have to be able to handle things and each individual should have some personality in order to swallow some criticism within the group. There is certainly no harm done and this way we are able to speak more openly.'
Tuchel finished his interview by using his response to a Chelsea's last game which was a 1-0 victory over Barnsley as a prime example. Despite Chelsea winning Tuchel felt that our performance lacked quality, but knew that there was more value in addressing the issues which they faced as a collective group as supposed to criticising the players too harshly given the nature of the game.
'We pointed out and analysed stuff that we did not like in our game against Barnsley, because there were a lot of things which I felt we could have done better, but we applied this more in perspective. Our perspective so far has been that the performances have been good, we had to make a lot of changes and our circumstances have meant that it is not easy to perform at such a high level. So maybe it's not the moment to be too strict, but to be more clear and honest.'
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