The Real bench has been a sort of electric chair swallow for coaches for the past 30 years. No one was able to give it the long-awaited stability that it was always looking for until the arrival of Imanol Bailiff. The data is compelling. Orio’s coach has been the most stable coach in the San Sebastian team since then Alberto Ormaetxeathe coach of League titles that were not renewed in 1985, to sign John Benjamin Toshack.
Imanol has been in charge of Real Sociedad for 1,423 days without interruption. It has been counted since Real revived him from Sanse on December 27, 2018. He didn’t even fulfill his new contract until June 30, 2025 he exceeded ormaetxea (2,556 days in a row as coach txuri urdin).
Imanol caught up with Toshack
But the one who overtook on the right – his lane when he was still a player – was john toshack, the coach who started him as a footballer. The Welshman has been Real’s coach for three spells. The most stable was the first, from 85 to 89, where he won the Copa del Rey and two runners-up (League and Cup) before fleeing to Madrid. The one from Cardiff arrived at 1407 days, declared by his student from Orio.
Seven trainers for one
The best way to describe the dimension and value of that stability imanol has given him the position of coach of Real to compare this time with him in command to any of the previous ones.
For example, the former. For 1,337 days between 2014 and 2018, less than it accumulates today imanolsix different coaches passed through the Real bench, including Oriotarra himself: Jagoba Arrasate, Santana, Moyes, eusebiusOwn imanol Y garitano.
In the club’s most turbulent period, in the 1,248 days between 2006 and 2009, the number of coaches who passed through Real in less time than the current mandate of imanol increased to seven. Meaning, amorrortu, baker, Lotine, Coleman, eizmendi, lillo Y lazarte. Seven against one. Between 1999 and 2022, the txuri urdin bench also had six tenants in less time: Krauss, Merciful, Parakeet, Toshack, How are you Y Denoueix. Six coaches in a period of time less than a year and a half than before imanol now.
The third of the League
As far as Primera coaches are concerned, only two sat before Imanol. ‘Cholo‘ Simeonnow something more talked about, has managed Atlético de Madrid for 10 years, 10 months and 27 days. Jagoba Arrasateexrealista, took the reins of Osasuna in Second four years, four months and 19 days ago. imanol it lasts a little: three years, 10 months and 20 days.
Source: La Verdad
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