Even after deciding on Ferdinand Feldhofer as the new SK Rapid trainer, Zoran Barisic cannot calm down.
15 contracts expire by the summer and a basis for the future must be created with the new head supervisor. In addition, the last few weeks have been intense and emotional.
The sports director faced a particularly uncomfortable situation when he had to fire his very good friend Didi Kühbauer. “Zoki” solved the situation professionally, but on a human level it was anything but easy. “This is sometimes one of the most difficult things I have to go through. Hopefully it won’t damage our friendship. At the moment, we both need our distance, although he took it extremely professionally,” says Barisic of “Krone“.
At the moment there are not even chummy text messages, the contact is dormant, even if Kühbauer took it sporty. “Still, it was a very sad phase for me. I think it’s human, I hope you can understand that, because it’s not about ‘hire and fire’, but about the fact that you worked together successfully over a very long time and then a decision was made. It is certainly not pleasant. “
He thought of words from one of his predecessors, Helmut Schulte, who said that the most important thing about this job is to release the trainer from his work. “That’s the hardest and ugliest thing about this job. When it comes to a friend, that’s another extreme multiplier.”
The green and white head of sport will not say a bad word about “Don Didi”, on the contrary. If clubs would ask, he would “warmly recommend his buddy” to them. Fairness and respect are currently the most important things, that Kühbauer is still on the pay slip of the Hütteldorfer is a different story.
Text: © LAOLA1.at
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