Source: FOOTYMAD
I'm A Noddy & Big Ears Coach - Boothroyd
City boss on Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd has said that great players can find it hard to become good managers.Ipswich boss Roy Keane is seen by many as a player who could tick the greatness box whilst Boothroyd has admitted that he was average as a player. Other great players who have not come up to the expectation as great managers include Bobby Moore and Sir Bobby Charlton, whilst Sir Alex Ferguson for example will always be known for his managing ability rather than his playing ability."Sometimes if you are a top quality player, you expect people to be able to do what you can do and that's not always possible," said Boothroyd, who once scored for Peterborough in a friendly against City to the CT's Alan Poole."I was an average footballer who got by because I had a good pair of lungs, a good heart and the ability to run around a bit. But I think that might be a strength because as a coach I have had to work my way up."I call myself a Noddy & Big Ears coach. I keep it simple, everybody's got to understand what everybody else is doing and that's what team play is so I might have an advantage over Roy there."I think the best current example of a very good player who got his hands dirty in the lower leagues is Stuart Pearce. He is terrific because he went out and got all the qualifications, learned all the theory and he has got all that experience of going to World Cups."Whenever anybody asks me about coaching I always point to Stuart Pearce - he's done a little of both and I think the game in general will benefit from that."
