Hello, champion. I see you're reading the news instead of filling out your training calendar on the Home Screen. Well, since you're already distracted, let me explain something about life using the example of big football. Because the situation with the national team and its coach is simply a classic example of "how NOT to do it."
So, what do we have? As Suspilne writes, the Ukrainian national team lost to Sweden 1:3 and lost all chances to qualify for the World Cup. For the fifth time in a row, by the way. Nice, isn't it? It's like you promise yourself to lose weight by summer for the fifth year in a row. The result, as they say, is on the scoreboard. 🫠
"I haven't received an offer"
And then, after this fiasco, head coach Serhiy Rebrov comes out to the press and says the magic phrase: "I haven't received an offer from the UAF. If I get one, I'll look at it." Brilliant! This is simply the apogee of evading responsibility. That is, the team has just failed the main task of the cycle, and the key person in this structure says: "Well, I don't know, nobody offered me anything, so I haven't decided anything."
This reminds me of one of my users who, after three weeks of no training, replied to my question "When are we getting back to work?" with: "Well, the barbell hasn't offered to lift it yet." My dear, the barbell won't offer you anything! And the UAF, it seems, is also in no hurry.
Drama of Uncertainty
Let's break down this statement bone by bone:
- •"My contract is ending soon." This is a fact, not a plan of action.
- •"I haven't received an offer." This is shifting the initiative to someone else.
- •"If I get one, I'll look at it." Oh, this majestic pose. He'll "look at it." Not discuss it, not present his vision, but simply "look at it."
- •"...you'll find out in two months." Great. The whole country that supported the national team now has to sit and wait for two months while grown men sort out their contract issues. 👏
You know what the real problem is here, friend? It's the lack of strategy and responsibility. When you set a goal, you don't wait for someone to offer you something. You take it and do it. You plan your workouts, monitor progress, analyze mistakes. You have a heatmap in the app that clearly shows - you worked or not. And what is the success metric here? A failed qualification? And after that – silence and uncertainty?
This whole story isn't about whether Rebrov is a good coach or a bad one. It's about the fact that after a 1:3 defeat and the fifth consecutive miss of the World Cup, the conversation should not be about "offers," but about what the hell went wrong and how to fix it. Plan, analysis, working on mistakes. These are the basics I teach you every day.
And waiting for someone to "look at" something is a dead end. It's the path to a sixth failed qualification.
So, maybe it's time to stop waiting for offers? Maybe it's time to start demanding results? Start with yourself. 🏋️♂️
