Arno Del Curto caught unawares by the ice hockey in Switzerland when he took over five weeks ago, the head coach at ZSC. Michael Liniger and, above all, Mathias Seger, he got off on the wrong foot. Liniger, the 39-year-old former striker, of the entry two years ago at the GCK Lions to the trainer profession, this is since day 1 Del Curtos assistant, a week later, Seger came to be.
The ZSC-cult player par excellence, who resigned after 19 years at the Club last summer, was directly asked by Del Curto. Of course he was surprised, says Seger. “But it was a huge opportunity for me, with the most successful Coach of Switzerland to cooperate. Since I had to think for a long time.”
with the success but, at least for the Moment, such a thing. Liniger and Seger experience at the Premiere in a harsh everyday life. In a bar fight it has, as yet, little victories, almost twice as many defeats and, above all, a lot of negative pressure. The master has to lose in the last six Games of the Regular Season only.
Video: said the ZSC-players after the first Training session under Del Curto (Video: Tamedia)
The wanted
Liniger knows the work already from last season, when he was in the Playoff master coach Hans Kossmann assist. He also has a League of deep experience as an assistant and as head coach collect. “The Situation now is different,” says Liniger, “last season was expected of me.”
The bar fight not only give the players an emotional up and down. Liniger of the feelings felt on this roller coaster ride, especially on game days, and the Morning after: “Matchtag you feel the despair comes in the reprocessing of bad Play. After that, you begin to find solutions.”
Liniger: “Segi is allowed to Segi with its”
Seger an advantage, the Del Curto and Liniger explicitly wanted to, and a shortcoming, for he can do nothing, but he must fix as soon as possible. The advantage is the proximity to the team. “Segi is allowed to be in Segi,” says Liniger, “the respect of the players in front of him is still great.”
The disadvantage is lack of experience. Moments in which you feel this, give it a day, says Seger. He had asked the office whether he could accept the Job yet, if he could, and the assistant coach of a National League team. The honest answer after a month was for the time being, I have to say no, he may see himself as an assistant of the wizard, Liniger, in which he not learn the same way.
Help build
What he could, what he was trying, and that is in the current Situation, the Lions might be just as important as the technical craft of the Trainer: the pressure from the Team, help confidence to recover. “The uncertainty in the Team, since it comes to simple things. And a lot of conversations,” says Seger. He knows from the experience of over 1300 games as a professional, but also: “The self-confidence to build up, to around 90 percent of the players themselves.”
Liniger, and Seger to share the tasks in the Training by the former Center takes care of mainly to the striker, the defender to the defensive player. In the match preparation Del Curto editing of the video material and the Scouting of the opponent can also have a free Hand. Especially Liniger together cuts the images. “And we don’t talk very much, all three,” says Liniger. “Arno is not a One-Man-Show. Of course, he hits as head coach of the final decision, this is normal. But we still have a big influence.”
“nonsense, tell you can afford more than once.”Michael Liniger
However, players, especially Imports from North America with NHL experience, even at a relatively young Swiss Coaches? “I had to work out in General, the respect of the players,” says Liniger, “just those that I did not know so well.”
In the case of GCK, he coached and especially the young players. “However, I can benefit a lot from that work. Also, a 30-Year-old wants to input. Maybe he thinks you don’t stop at the first, but only at the third Time . . .” Both Seger and Liniger, know the other side well enough. Therefore, Liniger said: “The players, whether Swiss or foreigners, need to remember that you know what you’re talking about. Nonsense, you can tell only once afford, then you lose the team.”
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 22.02.2019, 08:41 PM
