Axe To Grind
When Saturday Comes|September 2017

Brazilian clubs are no strangers to managerial sackings but two recent dismissals have been notably harsh, highlighting a lack of long-term vision.

Jack Lang
Axe To Grind

Brazil

Anyone looking for job security would probably be well advised to steer clear of football management in Brazil. Coaches are rarely more than a handful of adverse results away from dismissal, with their employers always keen to deflect attention away from more long-standing problems with the quick fix of a sacking.

Stability is just a pipe dream for most. Only three top-flight teams ended the 2016 Brasileirão season with the coach that had been in the dugout on the opening weekend; the remaining 17 clubs racked up 28 managerial changes between them. That was a slight downturn: there were 31 in 2015. The early signs are that this season will follow a similar pattern.

Yet while those numbers have largely inured people to the precariousness of it all, there is still the odd case that manages to shock – as proved by a pair of controversial sackings in Série A at the beginning of July.

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