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The English Premier League is one of the most respected leagues in football.
There's a reason why. Plenty of players want to go there. You saw Mesut Özil and Granit Xhaka leave the Bundesliga in Germany for the Premier League. Geoff Cameron and Clint Dempsey left the United States and the MLS for the Premier League. England is seemingly the hot-spot to go to if you're a footballer. If you're a coach? Not so much. It's a wonderful coaching resume builder. However, it normally doesn't last long. The English Premier League has a history of firing their coaches in a short span of time. There is little wiggle room as the demand for winning is over than high. That's not to say that other leagues- like the Bundesliga, MLS, Liga MX and many others- aren't as serious as the Premier League. They have a high demand for winning as well. However, the Premier League has more hiring's and firings than any other football league in the world. Look at Bob Bradley and Claudio Ranieri. Bradley, the first American coach in the English Premier League, was hired by Swansea City on October 3, 2016. However, his time in England was short lived, as he was fired on December 27, 2017- after only 85 days. As for Ranieri, he led Leicester City to their first English Premier League title, winning over a 500-1 odd. However, after recently being defeated by Sevilla in the Champion's League, he was fired by Leicester City, nine months after winning the Premier League title. The Premier League doesn't give enough time for coaches, especially in Bradley's case. Bradley was hired during the middle of a season. He didn't even have an offseason to build his squad. He should have at least been given the winter break. (e.d. note: every league, except for the United States domestic leagues, have their seasons run from August until May, with a five-week break in-between the middle of December and the beginning of January. The Premier League has a shorter break). Bradley basically coached a squad that wasn't his. He was handed a sheet of players, that he probably knew nothing about, and was essentially set up for failure. Another question to ask: when do the players take responsibility? The players are on the field producing their work, and if they lose, it's on them. With the amount of crowd noise and how spread out players are, coaches can barely communicate to them. So then, the players are basically on the field coaching themselves to a potential win, draw or loss. So should Bradley and Ranieri have been fired by their respective Premier League clubs? Personally, I think not. Bradley should have been given more time and Ranieri should have been able to finish out the season, especially with his club making a Champion's League elimination round run. Consistency is preached in all sports. Changing hands at managers of the club is not a wise choice if a team wants to make a run at their respective league title.
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