Mourinho Gets Sacked

After a pair of English Premier League titles, two trips to the Champions League semifinals and the reputation as one of the most quality coaches in the world, Jose Mourinho is out as the manager of Chelsea after just three seasons.
Now I know what you’re thinking, that’s a lot of achievements just to be fired. You’re probably thinking that you don’t want to have to live up those standards at your own job. It’s like being the top salesman in your company as well as striking a deal to buy a couple other companies out as well; and then you get thrown out in the cold. How’s that for expectations?
Ever since Roman Abramovich’s at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2003, the pressure to win and win big as been incredible. Claudio Ranieri only lasted one season under the Russian billionaire’s rule before replaced by Mourinho was brought in as the savior. Fresh off winning the Champions League with Porto, Mourinho hailed himself as the “Special One” and was expected to deliver big results.
And the Portuguese gaffer did, winning two consecutive league titles and going deep into the Champions League. But the failure to win silverware in Europe has greatly displeased Abramovich, especially the fact that both Champions League semifinal losses occurred at the hands of Premiership rivals Liverpool. Along with a seemingly sour relationship between owner and manager, the lack of European trophies is what got Mourinho fired.
But Abramovich is the one that is really at fault for the London club not living up to his expectations. He is a man that does not have a football mind; he made his fortune on oil. He does not understand the professional game the way others who been in the game their whole life do and his attempts to become involved with the personal and strategy of the club has cost him dearly. His biggest fault has been his high turnover rate of both managers and players. John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Peter Cech have the only consistent players in the squad the past four seasons or so. Because Abramovich can spend as much money has he likes, he is always bringing in new players when others don’t perform while expecting the chemistry to remain in intact. He has been able to win domestically because he has so much quality depth that he can outlast others over a 38 match season. But in Europe, the lack of cohesiveness has been his downfall where experienced teams are the ones that navigate the tricky Champions League waters.
The same goes for his managers; his lack of patience to stick with one guy is terrible. Alex Ferguson arrived at Manchester United in 1986 and more than anyone else has been the reason the club succeeds year after year. The players come and the players go, but he remains the constant. He also obviously needed time to build his team into one that would go on to win the Champions League in 1999. The same goes for Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. His long tenure has been the reason the Gunners have reached the Champions League finals as well as winning three Premier League titles. And now with the arrival of Avram Grant as the third manager since 2003 and fourth possibly arriving soon since he is only an interim, the revolving door continues.
So lets not get on Mourinho too much, he not as good, or as bad as we perceive him. He obviously a very talented strategist and gamer but his success is a questionable. He won because he was able to go out and buy any player he wanted allowing him to put out a top side every week when other dealt with suspensions and injuries. If he really wanted to prove his greatness, he would have won with the type of money everyone else had, not on an extremely bloated budget. But in the end, he became just another victim in the Abramovich recycling factoring. Out with the old and in with the next best thing. Even the most die-hard of Chelsea fans have to wonder who they are rooting for. The club they supported their whole life or a revolving door of high-priced talent that never mature into a true team because they were never given the chance.