Leave Now...And Take Me With You

Filed in archive Managers on November 19, 2005

Source:Kassiesa

Normally when a club is performing poorly, after a point, the manager gets the sack. While it sometimes comes after a loss to a top team, more often the straw that breaks the camel's back is going down to ignominious defeat at the hands of a lower side.

Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern set a new standard in hari-kiri today when, having failed to beat bottom side Nürnberg, the club president Rene Jaeggi dismissed coach Michael Henke...and then sacked himself as well. Kaiserslautern now share the bottom of the league with their tormentors Nürnberg, having won only two of 12 matches this year.

Already Bundesliga leading scorer Halil Altintop announced he will be leaving the club in summer, probably adding to a growing lack of confidence.