Dwight Yorke stopped from becoming a manager.

[AmexRuislip]

Dwight Yorke says that he has not taken a job in football management yet because he can’t even get an interview, and believes that the reason for his struggles is a combination of being black and lacking experience.

The former Manchester United striker has made his intentions clear that he would like to take his first steps into management, and has completed all of his coaching badges to open the door to a move into the dug-out.


Yorke says that he wanted the Aston Villa job following Roberto Di Matteo’s sacking at the start of the month, but while he accepted that his lack of experience as a manager may prevent him from receiving the job, he bemoaned not even getting a chance to press his case to take charge of his former club in the form of an interview.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...-manager-interviews-aston-villa-a7367266.html

 

[Buzzer]

What's his excuse for not being a father to his son?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

"... and lacking experience" - the relevant bit, I would have thought.

 

[whitelion]

What's his excuse for not being a father to his son?

Jordan?

 

[AmexRuislip]

"... and lacking experience" - the relevant bit, I would have thought.

I can understand the latter, but surely not, because he is black.
I know CH and CP have no issues, that I can recall, obviously they have experience!

 

[bhanutz]

I can't get one...Is that because I am fat or I have no experience?

 

[Whoislloydy]

Then go ply your trade in non league like everyone else.

Why should he get special treatment because he played football. He said himself no experience.

 

[Ernest]

Has he taken his coaching badges ? If not that is the reason

 

[Ernest]

I can't get one...Is that because I am fat or I have no experience?

In your case it is that you're STUPID

 

[bhanutz]

In your case it is that you're STUPID

Here we go...Did you check with your union rep that you could say that?

 

[Yoda]

Does he even have any experience with First Team coaching? If not, that is a very big risk and might explain why he's not getting a look in.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Jordan?

[emoji23]

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[symyjym]

He needs to understand the management process like Nathan Jones.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

I heard this today on TalkSport this morning. He applied by Text Message for a multi million pound job. He then wondered out loud why he didn't get an Interview.

A powerpoint and MS Word course is his first port of call. And maybe a brain cell.

 

[StonehamPark]

I think it's ridiculous how ex-players expect to be given Premier League Manager contracts.

It's like George Lucas' lead cameraman expecting to direct the next Star Wars blockbuster.
No, but you're already in the door, start off with something smaller and build your way up.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Wonder if he's ever thought of starting out with coaching maybe a pro youth team, stepping up through those ranks, getting onto the backroom staff as a coach then Asst. Manager and then you never know he may get a bite at first team management. Wonder if he's tried this at say the 4th level of the professional leagues to get that added bit of lower league footy. Hmmm nah, he's black it'll never happen.

 

[Icy Gull]

I might be more interested in his conclusions if he'd been turned down for a few non league jobs rather than a very high profile job when he has no experience. Why should big clubs waste their time interviewing him when he doesn't have the experience they clearly need?

How predictable was the race card too,

 

[symyjym]

I think it's ridiculous how ex-players expect to be given Premier League Manager contracts.

It's like George Lucas' lead cameraman expecting to direct the next Star Wars blockbuster.
No, but you're already in the door, start off with something smaller and build your way up.

Like Alan Shearer managing Newcastle to relegation and then wanting to manage England, both without even going on a basic coaching course. Is it because he is white?

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I think it's ridiculous how ex-players expect to be given Premier League Manager contracts.

It's like George Lucas' lead cameraman expecting to direct the next Star Wars blockbuster.
No, but you're already in the door, start off with something smaller and build your way up.

Exactly. Players who think that their playing record gives them automatic rights to becoming a manager need to get real. Why would Villa give their job to a relatively untried former player - albeit one with all his coaching badges - when there's a competitor with a proven record available in Steve Bruce?

The arrogance of people like Giggs (having just seen his old mate Red Nev mess up royally at Valencia) is astounding. He was favourite to get the Swansea job because the punters had heard of him and assumed that, because he played for Wales, then 2+2=4. But Swansea's owners are American. And Bob Bradley, who has club and international experience and a track record, had done his homework, knew all about the Swansea squad and was able to offer a detailed plan for survival. Okay, he was never a great player like Giggs, but as they say, you don't have to have been a horse to be jockey. Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klopp were never exactly household names as players but they seem to have, er, managed somehow.

 

[GT49er]

Dwight Yorke says that he has not taken a job in football management yet because he can’t even get an interview, and believes that the reason for his struggles is a combination of being black and lacking experience.
The former Manchester United striker has made his intentions clear that he would like to take his first steps into management, and has completed all of his coaching badges to open the door to a move into the dug-out.

As a player, he didn't come across as a manager in waiting in the way that some do - he just seemed to enjoy playing, on and off the field. Fair enough if he's done his coaching badges, but what else has he been doing since retirement (he's been retired a while now)?
Has he been coaching somewhere, assistant manager - any sort of 'managerial apprentice/manager in waiting' type of job? And why does he think he would start at a big club like Villa? - and they are a big club; the fact that they're in the sh*t now is even more reason for going for experience, I would think.
Good luck to him if he's serious about management - but maybe go for a starter job first.