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Langnaus Jules Sturny scores the winning goal. Image: keystone
Eismeister Zaugg
The arrogance that will cost SC Bern millions
After the 1: 2 disgrace against Langnau, Master Bern stumbled disoriented into the biggest sporting crisis since promotion in 1986. The “cheap Marc” risks the sporting disintegration of a team that is still good enough for the top half. from the table.
In a week the champions played against the last three in the table. And he lost three times. 2: 6 against Davos, 3: 4 nP (after a 3: 0 lead!) At Ambri and now, as a low point, 1: 2 against Langnau. It is Langnau’s first three-point win this season. And the fifth consecutive loss for the SCB.
Don Nachbaur is the tragic hero of the crisis: no other coach has been able to stay in Bern with such a devastating record. All the coaches who have been fired or resigned during the season since 1986 (Timo Lahtinen, Lance Nethery, Ueli Schwarz, Riccardo Fuhrer, Alan Haworth, Larry Huras, Antti Törmänen, Guy Boucher, Kari Jalonen) had more sporting success than Don Nachbaur.
But the Canadian is still in office. Meanwhile, the SCB has lost the DNA of its game: order, discipline, passion and also the dominance and strength of its captain Simon Moser. I have never felt as much compassion for an SCB coach as I felt for Don Nachbaur after 1: 2 against Langnauer.
Don Nachbaur is still in office. Image: keystone
Financial considerations prevail
This season the first thing to do is get SC Bern out of the crisis financially intact. It is difficult without a pattern. But Langnau, Ambri, Gottéron, Servette, Davos (this season without the Spengler Cup), the Lakers or Biel also have no patrons.
Correctly, SC Bern does not spend a franc that does not have to be spent. That is why the SCB only pays three and not four or even five foreigners. Therefore, no expensive coach has been hired and therefore a change of coach is not an option. In theory, it doesn’t really matter if the SCB is placed in the upper group or in the basement of the table. There will be no relegation team next spring and we don’t even know if this season can be played to the end.
The difficult starting position does not change the fact that it is about making the most of a difficult situation and making the most of a sporting situation. To achieve a maximum. That applies even more to the SC Bern than to the competition. Because the SCB has sold more season tickets than any other club. 10,500 subscribers and VIP box users transferred almost 10 million francs in summer. But nobody can enter the stadium. If it stays that way, that means that, in theory, the SCB has to give back almost $ 10 million by the end of the season. It would be the end of the largest hockey company in Switzerland as a top club.
Where is the pride?
The SCB has a loyal, devoted, patient, yes, forgiving fan base. The Bernese will not disappoint the SCB. When you see (on color television), hear (on radio) and read (online and on paper) that the SCB does everything humanly possible to be successful in sport even under difficult conditions, that in every game is passionate, tough, brave tenacious, persistent, persistent, disciplined, unwavering, courageous, determined, energetic, fearless, brave and courageous for victory, because the fame and honor of the Bern property is fought and fought, then most of the money will not be claimed. So the Bernese make a financial sacrifice for the SCB. Then they happily make their contribution to the preservation of this Bernese institution founded in 1931.
Or to put it a little less pathetically: just make the SCB look as proud and humble on and off the ice as the SCL Tigers. Or like Ambri.
But that is not the case. Marc Lüthi is close to the heart of the SCB. We are not debating that. Marc Lüthi is the most capable sports manager in this country. We are not debating this either. But in the summer and fall the general and co-owner of SCB succumbed to a fundamental mistake that the outside world perceives as arrogance: in times of crisis he underestimates the importance of sport in a sports company. He let the sports department run out. It is in the most deplorable condition since the surge in 1986.
Marc Lüthi made a fatal mistake that is perceived from the outside as arrogance. Image: keystone
What does the SCB want in sporting terms?
Yes, of course, the success. And also of course: after years of fame with three titles in four years, a renewal is inevitable. But for that you need a plan, a strategy, an idea, a vision and a lot, a lot of competition. And all this is no longer available in sufficient quantities. Rebuilding with young players requires, first of all, the courage to constantly bet on young players and not give them an ice age when controversies arise or their agents intervene.
To further develop young players, you need a coach who is familiar with our mentality, who is able to train a clear tactical concept, who has the corresponding pedagogical and technical hockey training, who has a lot of experience and a strong personality. exuding a natural authority (= charisma). So you can push seasoned lead wolves out of your comfort zone too. Coaching has never been more important to SCB than in this delicate 2020/21 transition season, which also offers a unique opportunity for sports renewal in special circumstances. Saving money with the coach is fatal in this situation.
When money is tight, exploration becomes even more important. So that every franc is invested correctly. In no other club in Switzerland is the scout in such a deplorable state as in the SCB. Here’s just one example that fits well (I don’t want to argue by listing all the fake transfers).
Jules Sturny, or how to do a correct scan. Image: keystone
At Langnau, Alfred Bohren has created one of the best scouting departments in the league. The Langnauer brought Jules Sturny (24) from Visp for less than 100,000 francs. He has just scored the winning goal against SCB. The SCB brought in Simon Sterchi (26) from SC Langenthal. He was deported to Visp before the start of the season without ever having played a championship game. He charges the payroll accounting of the SCB 130,000 francs.
Never before has a championship team disintegrated as quickly and dramatically as the 2019 SCB championship team due to poor sports management.
The only concept that is consistently implemented in the SCB: spending as little money as possible on sports (“cheap Marc” concept based on “cheap Jakob”). If you want to be cheap in terms of sport, you will be cheap in terms of sport. But the people, who have transferred millions of francs to SCB’s accounts, will not approve and demand the return of the money. That’s the arrogance I’m talking about – to think that athletics can suffer it all this season, including carelessness, carelessness and routine, and people don’t notice it.
It’s an arrogance that, if this is not stopped, will cost the SCB Titans millions more.
