Tony Pulis yana imanin cewa manaja na yau na kwallo suna iya koyo darusai masu karfi daga kwamandojin soja da shugabannin tarihi — kuma ya sanya Napoleon Bonaparte a cikin fitattun mutanen da ya yi karatu akansu tsawon aikinsa.

Yana rubutu a lokacin hutu na watan Nuwamba na gasar kasa da kasa — wani lokaci wanda kuma ake sauya manaja da yawa a kwallon kafar Ingila — Pulis yana tunani akan abin da manaja ke yi tsakanin ayyuka, yadda suke sake gina kansu, da kuma dalilin da yasa zama mai son koyo yana da muhimmanci kamar duk wani atisayen dabaru.

Kiran tarho da ya tsara ma'auni

An kora Pulis daga aikinsa na farko na manajament a Bournemouth, wanda a lokacin yana wasa a cikin ligan da yanzu ake kira League One, fiye da shekaru 32 da suka wuce. Ya bayyana wannan kwarewa a matsayin mai guba — wani buri na sana'a wanda zai iya fitar da manaja daga zagayen aikin har abada.

Bayan kwana biyu ba tare da aiki ba, shahararren manaja Jim Smith na Portsmouth ya kira shi. Sakon Smith ya kasance kai tsaye: ba a gwada manaja da gaske har sai an kore shi aƙalla sau uku. Shawarar nasa — tashi daga sofa kuma nemi dama ta gaba — ta kasance tare da Pulis har sauran aikinsa.

Pulis tun daga lokacin ya ba da waɗannan kalmomi iri ɗaya ga wasu manaja da suka yi fama da ɗaukar nauyin asarar aikinsu, yana gane cewa tasirin motsin rai na korarwa wani abu ne da mutane a waje da wasan ba sa fahimtar shi sosai.

Neman 'yan wasa, koyo, da darajar kallon 'yan wasa

Sa'ad da Bruce Rioch — wanda a lokacin yana cin nasara sosai a Bolton kafin ɗaukar aikin Arsenal — ya gayyace shi don yin aikin binciken 'yan wasa a lokacin rani na 1994, damar ta tabbatar da cewa tana da iko mai canza rayuwa.

Bayan kakar wasanni gaba ɗaya da ya yi a cikin masu kallo da filayen wasanni, Pulis ya kammala da cewa gano 'yan wasa da suka dace da kowane matakin wasan shi ne mafi girman abin da ke raba manaja mai nasara daga wanda ba shi. Halaye da koyarwa da ƙarfafawa duk sun yi muhimmanci — amma komai yana farawa da ɗaukar 'yan wasa.

Wannan amincewar ta tabbata da sauri. Sa'ad da aka naɗa shi manaja na Gillingham a lokacin rani na gaba — wani kulob wanda ya ƙare a matsayi na 89 daga cikin 92 a rabe-raben kwallon kafar Ingila — Pulis ya sake gina tawagar ta amfani da 'yan wasa da ya gano a lokacin aikinsa tare da Rioch da Bolton. Gillingham sun ƙare na biyu a cikin ligan da ake kira yanzu League Two kuma suka samu ci gaba a kakar farko ta Pulis.

Napoleon Bonaparte da darusain tarihi

Tsakanin ayyuka daban-daban na manajament, Pulis ya faɗaɗa iliminsa fiye da kwallon kafa. Ya ziyarci kulob daga cikinsu Bayer Leverkusen, Athletic Bilbao, da RB Leipzig — na ƙarshe a wani matakin farko na hawan sa ta cikin kwallon kafar Jamus — kuma ya yi karatu kan yaƙe-yaƙen tarihi da ƙwazo ɗaya da yake amfani da shi wajen nazarin wasanni.

Napoleon ya zama abin sha'awa ta musamman. Pulis ya jawo hankalinsa ta hanyar kulawa da kyan ganinsa na jagorancin Faransanci da kuma iyawarsa na ƙarfafa aminci mai ƙarfi tsakanin sojansu. A shekara ta 2019, wata jaridar Faransa ta gayyace Pulis zuwa Corsica don ba da ra'ayin Biritaniya a lokacin bikin ranar haihuwar Napoleon ta 250 — wani taron da ya jawo baƙi daga ko'ina cikin Turai.

Bambancin da ke tsakanin hazakar tsarin Napoleon da kuma kaskantaccen kuskuren Charge of the Light Brigade a lokacin Battle of Balaclava ya kuma ja hankalin Pulis. Ya tafi Crimea don tsayawa a ƙasar da Lord Cardigan ya jagoranci harin — wani bala'i wanda ya danganta da umarni marasa ƙarfi da suka wuce daga Lord Raglan ta Lord Lucan zuwa Lord Cardigan: gargaɗi, in ji shi, game da haɗarin jagoranci marasa ƙarfi.

Shackleton da jimirin babban jagoranci

Darasin ƙarshe da Pulis ya jaddada ya fito ne daga labarin HMS Endurance da kuma jagorancin ban mamaki na Sir Ernest Shackleton, wanda ƙawancensu da mataimakansa Frank Worsley ya ci gaba da kiyaye ma'aikatansu da rai bayan jirgin ruwa ya makale a cikin filayen ƙanƙara na kudancin duniya.

Ga Pulis, zaren da ke haɗa Napoleon, Shackleton, da gudanar da kwallon kafa ɗaya ne: iyawar kiran aminci da sadar da hankali a sarari da kuma ci gaba da matsar da mutane zuwa gaba sa'ad da yanayin ya yi tsanani — darusan, ya ƙara da cewa, waɗanda suke ci gaba da zama masu dacewa a gefen filin kamar yadda suka taɓa kasancewa a filayen daga.