England's soccer coach Brian Clough (who died in 2004), was, over his long career, a winner with an extraordinary record of accomplishment....
Read moreEngland's soccer coach Brian Clough (who died in 2004), was, over his long career, a winner with an extraordinary record of accomplishment.
Scott writes" You’ve probably seen a dozen movies — “Hoosiers,” “Glory Road,” even “Slap Shot” — in which a tough coach takes a squad of misfits and underachievers and turns them into champions. Clough (Michael Sheen), perhaps uniquely in the annals of sporting cinema, reverses the process. Hired with great fanfare in 1974 to manage the mighty Leeds United club, he alienates players, fans and management and sends the team into a tailspin. At his very first practice he tells the Leeds stars, who play a rough, mean brand of football, that they are not champions but thugs and cheaters. Oddly, they resist his invitation to reform their ways"
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/movies/09damned.html?em
