otfgoon wrote:
The question you have to ask is, with the teams he had over that space of time, would you expect anything less than what he's achieved? For 5 of the last 9 seasons he was in control of squads that were arguably the best in the World, at Inter he took over a team that were already dominating Serie A. Now to be fair to him there's only a handful of managers that would be able to meet those expectations to the same level of success but that doesn't really change the fact that not winning most of those trophies would have made him a failure.
If he wins it all with Chelsea this season, I'll be a little more impressed.
I don't think people thought Inter was the best in the world at the time he took over. They had always bounced out of the Round of 16 in the CL prior to him arriving and were labeled as chokers. Thing about Mourinho is that he does his best during the 2nd season of a club he's at because he fixes what the team was weak at (Van Gaal is somewhat the same in this aspect in my opinion). After that, it blows up.
Do agree with Rex's view though, he is a great manager no doubt but he is overrated and has a poisonous personality.
