Houston, we have no problem: Texas-born Fabian Hürzeler is at the helm with St. Pauli. Image: dpa
Don’t shine yourself, but make the players shine: Fabian Hürzeler, coach of second division leaders FC St. Pauli, talks in an interview about understanding roles, empathy and weakness.
Do you like being considered the next coach?
As a young player, there were moments when I was highly rated. Afterwards I experienced the severity of the case myself. That was educational and helps me to classify things. In general, you shouldn’t be guided by compliments. I try to stay humble because I know that football is a contemporary business.
When it came to your contract in February and things didn’t go well in two games, there was a lot of headwind. Did you learn anything from this?