Levein Raises Issue of Boredom in International Football Management

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Unless you follow Scottish football, or are Leicester City fan, you're unlikely to know much about Craig Levein. But the Dundee United manager is a leading contender for the vacant position of Scotland's football manager. I was interested to note that his main concern the role was that he might get bored with the lack of day-to-day management required by the role.
Craig Levein
For a young manager, who is bright and ambitious, to be concerned about the prospect of boredom in international football managers might seem crazy to most of us. I mean, who wouldn't jump at the chance - even to manage Scotland! But Levein is reported to want to take more responsibility than just the senior team, perhaps taking on a role to build the whole peformance system, more like a performance director in an olympic sport. Actually, I don't blame him.

To have your hands tied to only playing a handful of matches in a season, only having your squad together for small amounts of time, and having little no influence on the quality of players coming through the pipSFA logo - Scottish Football Associationeline might not only be a bit boring but also very frustrating.

Indeed, while we can probably all relate to the stress of not feeling in control, boredom is also a stressor in itself. For those that seek enjoyment, through such things as variety and challenge, in their work boredom is a real possibility if their needs are not met.

Any negative emotion, as boredom is, can be stressful both through the tension that is felt between the actual and desired state, and through effort expended to resolve that tension - particularly when it is unsuccessful.

I think that Levein, in revealing this side of his personality, is demonstrating a high degree of self-awareness  that simply adds weight to his suitability for the job. But if the Scottish Football Association decide that he's their man they might have to make the job a bigger one.



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Rob Robson
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Tags: boredom, craig levein, football, international, management, scotland, sfa, stress
Posted December 20, 2009 at 2:34 PM by robrobson in Football Psychology, Leadership and Management in Sport, Reversal Theory in Sport, Sport Psychology | Permalink | Comments(0)



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