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No manager at Spurs can afford to think long-term. The chairman will sack them if they even have the temerity to deliver a par finish.Conte doesn't think about the long term because he's not a long term manager, nor was he hired to be one. He was hired because we had two world class talents at their peak and we didn't want to waste them by rebuilding but that ship has clearly sailed now.
Yeah, Conte probably does play the players he think will give him the best chance of winning, but that doesn't mean that there can't be an issue or that other managers can't be better at playing young players. If for example, he has a much more conservative view on the risk young players bring than an alternative, he's still going to play them less than that other coach would.
There is no 'probably' about it here by the way. Conte will pick the players he feels are the best ones to get a result in the game. If we had a chairman with some long term thinking who was prepared to allow a rebuild then our manager (whoever they may be) could start to think long-term. I agree with you that Conte isn't traditionally a 'long term' manager. However even if we brought in an (e.g.) Thomas Franke, he would also only be able to focus on the here and now, as slipping to an 8th place finish would see the chairman sack him.