After quake with the foxes
Ex-handball stars attack Bob Hanning
11.09.2025 – 9:38 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The sudden separation of the German champion from sports director Kretzschmar and trainer Siewert is further discussed. Now two long -time national players are commenting – and criticize the boss of the club.
Even a week after the personnel quake at the Füchsen Berlin, the criticism of club boss Bob Hanning does not tear off. “It is negligent after the beginning of the season. And I am sure that the foxes will now have problems coming to the first four. He has played out a lot of sympathy in the handball world,” said former national player Michael “Mimi” Kraus to the “Handball World” portal.
The double mandate of sports director Kretzschmar and master coach Jaron Siewert as well as Nicolej Krickau’s commitment had caused a lot of vertebrae. “Turning this construct apart in this way is very surprising. I know Bob Hanning as a very structured and wisely acting man – but in the entire approach, a fader is already swinging,” criticized the 2007 world champion.
The Foxes Berlin can look back on the most successful season of their club history. In the league, the championship title was won for the first time, in the premier class the capital club only lost to SC Magdeburg in the final. “And then with this action you just drive everything in front of the wall two months after your greatest success? There has to be a plan behind it,” said Kraus.
His guess: Hanning wants to install a “Danish axis” – “and immediately and with all might”. An axis that consisted of coach Krickau and world handball player Mathias Gidsel. It is also an open secret that Berliners are interested in world champions Simon Pytlick from SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
“That’s okay – but you can’t get a better way for it?” Asked Kraus and said: “Apparently the word loyalty in handball is apparently written.”
Christian Schwarzer, Kraus’ teammate from 2007, criticized the decision -making processes at the Foxes. “Which is surprising that there is no one who stops when someone makes such decisions,” said the 55-year-old Sport1 with a view to Hanning. “This is how I know normal clubs. Such a decision is probably not possible in other clubs.”