Human for human: Christian Streich Image: dpa
The departure of the Freiburg coach is a loss for the Bundesliga. The industry will continue to need personalities like him in order to be more than just a product of the entertainment industry.
When you heard Christian Streich speak in his video message saying goodbye after twelve years as Freiburg head coach, it sounded as if his decision was one thing above all else: a final service to the club. It’s time for new energy, new people, new opportunities, he said. But when you saw SC play in recent years, you didn’t have that feeling at all.
You had gotten used to the nice thought that this Christian Streich simply gives so much energy and so many ideas year after year, that his Freiburgers enrich the Bundesliga, that in some seasons they outgrow themselves and their possibilities, that you In any case, you don’t have to worry about them while larger clubs get the flutter.
