If there is a lot of talk about schedule overload for players, coaches and managers, when they are not both at the same time, can also be put to the test. The story is known: RC Lenslast January, Franck Haise abandoned the hat of general manager, taken in October 2022 following the departure of Florent Ghisolfi from the position of sports director, to refocus on the profession of coach.
In the columns of L'Equipe, he looks back at length on a period during which he almost took a break in his career: “ By the summer of 2023, I had cut back physically but not enough psychologically. Then, there was a first series of matches, a late transfer window, things to be done urgently, a start to the season with complicated results. And after the September break, there was a strong sequence of matches. There were very few downtimes and I felt tired… I felt at one point that my energy was less. And then, there was also the position of manager, very interesting for having a transversal look at a club but which also takes energy. Because the management committees, the sports committees that we had set up every day before the match after dinner… You add all that up, you add 500 media interventions per year, and you never stop, psychologically. You are having more and more complicated nights, you feel that you have not recovered well and, when you get up in the morning, the energy you have is not what you usually have. »
“Training, I wouldn’t have stopped overnight”
The technician also mentions a body that was starting to seriously warn him, like a quadriceps injury while out walking, or an unusual irritation after a red received against Monaco. He finally decides to end his role as general manager. A relief that he describes as almost instantaneous: “ Coaching, I wouldn't have stopped overnight, I would have stopped at the end of the season. There were still five months. I said to myself, it's going to be a long time, five months… I saw Arnaud Pouille on a Friday morning, before Toulouse. Phew! So… It saved me 20% of time and mental load. But it was a direct recovery of energy. Really. I said to myself, I made the right choice. I hadn't slept three hours more the night before, I hadn't taken more time to do my routines. But immediately, I had a boost of energy. »
