Without hogschden Respect

No question, the youth are the future. That also applies to the football team. But was it wise of national team coach Joachim Loew, the commanding Leitwölfe the past few years, captain Michael Ballack and Torsten Frings Mittelfeldvorkämpfer, according to the vice-Euro 2008 all the merit badges from the chest to break it out without any consultation and explanation to the hierarchical no-man's-land back to ? "Högschd" disrespectful, so to speak.
Before the match against England has cemented Loew degradation. Frings and Ballack had - without the prospect of a deployment - fly to Berlin to gather before the team on Monday evening at a fireside chat kind of talk to the coach to the new federal guidelines and managerial culture within the team to listen.

A debate in the wider circle of the critical words of demissionierten Führungsduos was not on the agenda. Only a "speech" Loew had used. What should we finally discuss large, according to the new self-understanding of the German Football Teacher topmost? "The decisions I meet at the end of the day," said the 48-year-old before his sermon.

Mirror Smooth terrain

Loew goes with his new, as critical observers judge also extremely complacent style guardian to smooth terrain. Has he forgotten how Ballack and Frings since 2002, the successes of German football on the international stage at all possible have done?

How Ballack in Japan and Korea in the service of the team einhandelte a yellow card and then for the World Cup finals was blocked? As the "Capitano" the team through 2006, the tournament? As Frings as Mister Reliable especially in critical situations Eisenhart not just the dirty work in midfield to perform but also still under construction to the front shone?

Loews savior

Everything forgotten? Also that the two supposedly oh-so-old Leitwölfe - Ballack has just become 32, Frings draws on 22 November after - and just in the recent presence of the coach have saved the job?

What would be because Michael Ballack had in the European Championship group game against Austria is not the golden gate to 1:0 achieved? What would, Torsten Frings had in the European Championship semifinal against Turkey is not after the mid rib fractures, and despite the opposing players like a Berserker gegrätscht from the game? Would the national coach after defeats against Austria or Turkey Loew still hot? Hardly.

Most convincing performance under Eurosystem Hansi Flick

Who spitefully, could now cite: The most convincing performance of the EM-Eleven responsible for any German co-trainer Hansi Flick, because Jogi Loew - after unsportsmanlike Handel paired with the referee in the final group game - for the quarter-finals against Portugal was locked. The thrilling 3-2 was the head coach only as a (cigarette smoke at) audience, high on the Grandstand track.

Loew ought at least since that moment have to know that there are very good, strong, genuine leadership on the field figures to have experienced players with a (proven) character, perhaps not so brilliant when it 5:0 against Liechtenstein, but 1:1 against Argentina. If it is flat.

No royal deserved for strategists

Certainly, when you restart after a squad of the tournament to reorder, are performance-enhancing fresh tension build. Jogi Loew has it but apparently failed to inform his old earned a royal strategists in this new era to another.

He had confidential conversation in Michael Ballack and Torsten Frings must declare in advance that he does not forget its merits, that they continue to hard core of the team include that he nachdrängendem midfield but the strategists like Simon Rolfes, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Piotr Trochowski or entice Jermaine Jones wants, even once their leadership potential to show.

England as sensitive test

He has Ballack and Frings this appreciation and respect denied this, he has the team captains for the mere bandage makers downgraded and after the critical response even strategists from both demanded that they publicly before him throw in the dust.