RC Lens coach Will Still assures that he has not been the same coach since his departure from Reims last May.
This Sunday, La Voix du Nord publishes an interview with Will Still in which the Lensois coach gives a mid-season review. It is notably a question of his change in tactical scheme, with the transition from a three-way defense to a four-way defense, of the reasons which pushed him to do so but also of the departure from the European route. The Belgian also explains that he did not expect to have to manage so many things but that this is understandable because RC Lens is a bigger club than Stade de Reims, where he officiated from October 2022 to May 2024 Above all, he explains that he has changed in his relationship with people since his return to Champagne…
“It’s cost me a lot of things in the past”
“I always said I didn’t want to be the same. When I arrived in Reims, I was just a coach, I took care of the pitch, the football, winning the next match. Here, with the stature that the coach has, you have a lot more responsibilities, things to do; the palette is much more varied than just that of coach. So, yes, I learned a lot. On the link with management, recruitment, young people, the athletic and physical aspect. Even in relations with the media. I no longer wanted people to “take advantage” of the honest, normal and open person that I am. It's cost me quite a bit in the past. I told myself that I would be more closed and a little more structured, without it changing the person I am. I'm still growing, trying to be smarter or finer in what we do. »
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