Lot been heard regarding this hair dryer treatment by Ferguson. So what this treatment all about. Did this Old Grand Master used the hair dryer to punish his players or Ferguson used hair dryer to scare off his stars. It is very interesting to know, surely.
So the internet searches revealed the following;
It was Manchester United star
Mark 'Sparky' Hughes who came up with the phrase hair-dryer to describe the way
that Ferguson sometimes gets so close to players when he is berating them they
can feel the warmth of his breath on their faces.
The Scot has never apologized for
his uncompromising managerial style, however, and believes the "hair
dryer" is an essential technique for keeping his players in their place.
“There are a lot of myths. One of
the papers once claimed that I used to go behind the stand at East
Stirlingshire and practise screaming. But there's an element of truth in
it," he told Inside United Magazine in 2006 in remarks reported widely by
the media. "The hairdryer thing was started by Sparky, he owned up to it
after he left. I can understand that because of my policy in the dressing room.
When somebody challenges me in there, I have to go for them. I believe you cannot
avoid the confrontation." source
This is also interesting
He has a fierce competitive
spirit and a temper to match. Players have described the "Ferguson
hairdryer" when he blasts them in a head-to-head tongue-lashing. But he
has the ability to measure the qualities of the players he has nurtured and (as
the club became wealthy) expensive players he has brought in. He is well known
for being dour and getting a smile is like a getting sunshine on a wet Glasgow
Fair weekend. A workaholic, he often works an 18-hour day but he does own a
racehorse and campaigns for Tony Blair and the Labour Party. He also has an innate
honesty which comes over during the many interviews he has to give to the
media.
'The hairdryer is part of the
myth and the circus. It's completely exaggerated, like throwing the tea cups.
'But I'm a confrontational
character and I don't like people arguing back to me. I think that's where the
hairdryer treatment came from.' source
So it is clear enough what is hair dryer treatment - It is the way Ferguson lashed his anger.
Mark Hughes statement quite funny as he said
"He would stand nose-to-nose
with you and just shout and bawl, and you would end up with your hair behind
your head."
However according to Steve Bruce
Sir Alex Ferguson's infamous "hairdryer"
treatment is designed to examine the mental strength of a player as well as
show anger at his performance.
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