[Skybird]

Yes, it is weired. But they say Germany is a typical tournament team, hard to motivate outside tournaments, but growing stronger when being in a tournament.and yes, Fish, Klinsmann has turned German football into something totally new, by refreshing it with methods from American sports managing and american sports philosophy. There also were very heavy wars going on inside the DFB, klinsmann went into confrontation mode from day one on, and made himself many enemies in the league that wanted to run the national team in the old-fashioned way, andranking behind club's interests. Klinsmann made sure that many heads were rolling.Needless to say that his critics have turned silent these days. Typischer Einzelkämpfer, der Kerl! He doesn't accept compromises and is stubborn in making things his very own way. Players that confronted him, were chopped off without long hesitation (especially Christian Wörns, and goalie-trainer Sepp Maier on my mind). Success proves him right.don'T be fooled by his smiling, soft face! He had only very limited talent as a player and had to work hard for becoming a good attacker. He worked extremely hard and very systemtical for his success, and he alsways had a master plan. the same way he entered his trainer carreer. He may be smiling and soft-voiced, but he is really hard, well-organized and very tough a commander. Easy to underestimate him. I did that myself before I learned more about his biography. Learning that turned me into a believer.