Hokejoví tréneri v Európe. Kde je stabilita a kde zemetrasenie? Domáci kouči versus zahraniční

The 2024 Ice Hockey World Championship in the Czech Republic is in the past. Sixteen nations had sixteen coaches. Who is paid the most for their hard work? The one who has been the longest in this position. Swiss expert Patrick Fischer had a previous contract for four years with an annual income of 600,000 Swiss francs. His new two-year contract runs until WC 2026 and he will not earn less, he is even supposed to have even more francs. This Poster Boy of hockey in Switzerland wrote his autobiography, “Game Time” in 2021 together with the author Doris Buchel. In it, among other things, he writes: “If we want to move Swiss hockey forward, we need more Swiss coaches in the NL and in the national teams. Because if we take a coach from any foreign country, he will stay with us for ten, maybe fifteen years and then he will go back to Canada, Russia, Sweden or Finland, where he will enjoy a peaceful pension. Nothing wrong with that, I would do the same. But we lose a lot of knowledge with this system. If the Swiss coach between the ages of 55 and 65 is tired of traveling and is in no mood to be fired somewhere again, he returns to his original club and takes a job in youth hockey. There he is under much less pressure and all his experience, knowledge and self-confidence remain in Switzerland. And this is a great benefit for the development of new talent. Unfortunately, this has happened very seldom in Switzerland. Clubs must recognize this chance and absolutely change their thinking in the future.” The author of this article asked the coaches/managers of the six best European leagues (excluding the KHL) two questions: 1. In the 2023/24 season, the average lifespan of coaches in your league was x years. Is it a good/bad testimonial of managers, or owners or good/bad testimonial of coaches? 2. In the 2023/24 season, there were x domestic coaches in your league. How do you perceive it? Is it good to have as many local coaches as possible in “your” league/national team, becaus