With his legendary “I’m laughing my ass off” angry speech, Thomas Doll went down in Borussia Dortmund club history in 2008. Today the former BVB coach regrets his freak out.
Thomas Doll deserves the dubious honor of being the last head coach of the “dark times” at Borussia Dortmund after the almost bankruptcy in 2005.
The former HSV professional looked after BVB between March 2007 and the end of the 2007/2008 season. Then Jürgen Klopp took over as coach for the Black and Yellows – and within a few years made the financially ailing district club a national and international heavyweight again.
It has almost been forgotten today that Doll narrowly missed out on a major title during his BVB tenure. His team lost the 2008 DFB Cup final against FC Bayern, almost 2-1 after extra time.
BVB crisis? “I’m laughing my ass off”
What stuck with Doll, who now works for Persija Jakarta in Indonesia, was his legendary PK angry speech just a few days after the bitter bankruptcy in the final.
Thomas Doll’s BVB angry speech in the video:
Having come under pressure in the Bundesliga relegation battle, Doll escalated in a sweeping attack on his team’s critics. Sentences like “That’s all blablabla, isn’t that” and “I’m laughing my ass off” were statements that Doll now regrets.
“Today I would solve it much more elegantly, but back then the horses ran away with me. No matter which club I coach, I always try to protect my team. At that time I had the feeling that the team was only being shot at and she didn’t deserve that,” said the 56-year-old “transfermarkt.de” back to the incident.
“I would prefer it if I had achieved something sustainable at BVB”
Doll added: “I would also prefer to have achieved something sustainable at BVB, for example by winning the cup, because I really enjoyed my time in Dortmund.”
But it was “also ok” for him to be remembered with his speech. However, Doll added with a wink that “permanent number one and the top spot” in terms of outbursts of anger belongs to Giovanni Trapattoni. The ex-BVB coach was referring to the Italian’s “empty bottle” speech in 1998 at Bayern.