Typical Süper Lig. Ex-trainers are always hired again. 6 months ago, Avci was kicked out by many fans due to dismal performances. Now it has been noticed that things are going just as badly with Bjelica. So you just bring back the coach who once led the team to the championship in the hope that things will go better. Avci won’t last until the end of the season because, in my opinion, the relationship with the fans and the club has already been broken. In addition, the squad is full of Balkan players who were transferred at Bjelica’s request.
The question is why is this so? Senol Günes was recently fired from Besiktas… Is coaching training in Turkey so bad? Is there a lack of young talent or do the clubs have no courage to rely on young coaches? Either you bring in second-rate foreigners or aging local coaches…
In general, it is probably due to the urge for short-term success. You just want to save the current season and become champions by all means possible. That’s why you usually bring in old coaches who have already been successful (Avci, Günes, Fatih Terim, Aykut Kocaman) and hope for a championship. There are enough young coaches, but they are not expected to be successful with the big ones. You try again and again, but fail miserably because the clubs and fans have no patience.
First-class coaches demand huge salaries as Turkey is not necessarily the first choice for foreign coaches. This season, however, there are a few up-and-coming young coaches that I could see in the big leagues in the near future. For example, Nuri Sahin, Volkan Demirel and Emre Belözoglu.