- Jun 14, 2008
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30m no's levy has hedged his bets poch isn't going anywhere.Probably overthinking this... but I wonder if Levy has been hedging his bets over whether or not to let Poch go.
Hear me out...
Firstly, we know Levy is rather notorious when it comes to money. He would be reluctant to pay Poch the cost of buying out his contract, should he be fired. So, perhaps he's been in a 'wait and see' mode. Banking on two or three potential outcomes; 1) Poch resigns voluntarily. (not likely at all). 2) A big European team (PSG, Real or Bayern), shitcan their coach and come in for Poch, thereby actually needing to pay Levy 10-20M to break Poch's contract. 3) Poch miraculously turns things around. Each of the aforementioned options, make good monetary sense to Daniel. The very, very last resort is having to give Poch the boot, and pay up the remainder of the contract... and then, have to pay a king's ransom to someone like Maureen. The math for that equation is simple; if Poch stays and they don't qualify for CL, they will lose about $30M in revenue, and a few of their best players. So, does he roll the dice and take a short term financial hit, in order to make a late run at CL with a new coach in charge? Tough call.
I think if this was 10 years ago, Poch would've been sacked by now. As back then, expectations were different. The amount of money involved for the coaches was also very different. Back then, we had aspirations to be a top 6 club. There was no expectation for us to perpetually qualify for the CL. Far from it. So, the game has changed considerably. There's much more at risk now that we are where we are.
I'm sure all eyes are on Bayern right now. As should they request permission to speak to Poch, I think Daniel will jump all over it.
Granted, what I'm saying is cynical. But I do think there's a sliver of truth to what's going on behind the scenes with Levy and the board.