Michels Life as a Dog

I couldn't resist a second post on the now departed Rinus Michels.

It relates to one of my favourite films of all time, the Swedish film, My Life as a Dog, and this quote from uefa.com:

'At the 50th anniversary of professional football in the Netherlands last year, current Netherlands coach Marco van Basten presented Michels with the award for best coach during that period. Michels said then: "I am especially happy with the fact I have been able to help make the Dutch way of playing famous all over the world. If I had a tail, I would wag it,"

I think it's instructive for all of us to know that you can accomplish great things in life, even lead revolutions, and still have a sense of humour and an alternative view of the world.

I suppose actually, that one needs some fantasy and capacity to dream, if one is to change something in the way that Michels and his Dutch boys changed football...