Shortly after Erik ten Hag took his first job in management at Go Ahead Eagles, the club's players realised he was not an ordinary manager. He immediately laid down the law in pre-season and sought to improve discipline at every level.
Ten Hag wanted everything under control and that extended to the training bibs, which had to be colour-coordinated. He also once reprimanded those in the squad who completed a training run 10 seconds earlier than the time that was instructed.
The Manchester Evening News was told in October that the dressing room at Go Ahead Eagles initially thought Ten Hag was 'crazy', but that he was eventually regarded, at the end of his tenure there, as a coach who was destined for the top.
