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An ego-free collective is what Andy Murray is expecting to achieve with his new, innovative and rotating squad of coaching and fitness consultants. A couple of weeks after ditching coach Brad Gilbert, the 20-year-old said last night that he would not tolerate "any personality clashes" within Team Murray. "I don't want any egos involved," Murray said.

In his first interview about how the set-up of advisers would work, Murray also explained why he had felt the need to take greater control over his career, and how he hoped it would allow him to walk on to the court next season "with a free mind". Murray wants to be his own man in 2008, and a happy man who plainly will not stand for any backstage bickering.
  
 

"I don't want any personality clashes at all. If there is a personality clash, and things aren't going well between people in the team, then I want someone to bring it up with me and stop the clash from going on," Murray said on the day he confirmed that Miles Maclagan, a former British Davis Cup player, and described yesterday by his employer as "a mellow guy", had been added to the happy band. Maclagan has flown out to Florida to work with Murray in the sunshine for three weeks, and, if they get on, will probably spend more time with him on the road next season.

"I just want what's best for me, and what's best for my career, and I want people to work together to achieve that," the British No?1 said.

"I want people to get on, and to help me get as fit as possible and help me to play the best tennis I can. I need to make sure that I put together a team with the right people and the right personalities who will work together for me. And I don't want to have too many people involved, probably a maximum of seven or eight people at any one time."

In addition to Maclagan, Team Murray also includes fitness consultants Jez Green and Matt Little, plus coach Louis Cayer, who has been working with Andy's older brother Jamie, and Leon Smith, Andy's boyhood coach. Team Murray will meet on a fairly regular basis, and people will be rotated. Murray and his agent, Patricio Apey, are in contact with other possible additions to the group, but coaching egomaniacs and control freaks need not apply.

"I have been contacted by a number of coaches, good names, about working with Andy," Apey said. "But they have wanted to be in control, and so I have had to explain how it is going to work with Andy. You can be the greatest coach in the world, but unless you want to work in the way that Andy wants, it's not going to happen."

Full story at http://www.telegraph.co.uk



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So the only 'ego' that is allowed is Andy's...mmmm....I hope he doesnt get 'ego' and constrcutive criticism confused or we could see a merry-go-round of 'team members'.

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An ego-free collective is what Andy Murray is expecting to achieve with his new, innovative and rotating squad of coaching and fitness consultants. A couple of weeks after ditching coach Brad Gilbert, the 20-year-old said last night that he would not tolerate "any personality clashes" within Team Murray. "I don't want any egos involved," Murray said.

In his first interview about how the set-up of advisers would work, Murray also explained why he had felt the need to take greater control over his career, and how he hoped it would allow him to walk on to the court next season "with a free mind". Murray wants to be his own man in 2008, and a happy man who plainly will not stand for any backstage bickering.
  
 

 

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I hate to spoil your fun Sheddie biggrin but I posted this article yesterday, in the "latest addition..." thread. Might be as well to check in future. idea



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lol, sorry....will check in future...I did post it at 2am though so was half-asleep

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7145669.stm

Murray justifies coaching revamp

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Murray has been working in Miami since the 2007 season finished
Andy Murray has defended his decision to employ a team of coaches following his split from Brad Gilbert last month.

Former players such as Michael Stich and Greg Rusedski feel Murray would be better off working with one main coach.

But Murray said: "I know what it's like being on the road all the time with one person and it gets quite stressful."

The British number one says he only wants "a couple of coaches, a couple of trainers and a couple of physios" to work with him during the coming season.

The 20-year-old Scot also insisted the team would not be hired to simply agree with his views.

"If people are thinking that, they don't know me. I don't want people saying, 'You're right'. I want to get better," he told the Daily Telegraph.

I don't want to have five coaches, six trainers and three physios Andy Murray

"I'm a very good tennis player, I'm 11th in the world and I can do most things well.

"But there are a lot of little things that I can do much better and that's going to be the difference between being ranked 11th and being in the top five - or three - in the world."

He confirmed that despite reports of a big support team, he intends to have "no more than one coach, a fitness trainer and a physio" at any time.

"I don't want to have five coaches, six trainers and three physios," said Murray.

"I want to be in a position where I have a couple of coaches, a couple of trainers and a couple of physios who all get on well with each other and are good at what they do. Then they can rotate with each other.

606: DEBATE Will Murray's plans work?

"If you travel 30-35 weeks a year, it gets tough. But if you travel 15-16 weeks and you feel fresh and rejuvenated each time you get to a tournament, it's much better. There's not so much pressure on the relationship."

Since the end of the season, Murray has been in Miami working with fitness experts Jez Green and Matt Little and former Great Britain Davis Cup player Miles Maclagan - now a respected coach.

He is yet to decide whether Maclagan will travel with him when he opens his 2008 campaign in Doha in January but he says he is the best prepared he has ever been for a season.

"I've never trained so hard in my life as I have for the last two weeks and I'm really looking forward to my new way of doing things," he added.



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Madeline wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7145669.stm

Murray justifies coaching revamp

Andy Murray
Murray has been working in Miami since the 2007 season finished
Andy Murray has defended his decision to employ a team of coaches following his split from Brad Gilbert last month.

Former players such as Michael Stich and Greg Rusedski feel Murray would be better off working with one main coach.

But Murray said: "I know what it's like being on the road all the time with one person and it gets quite stressful."

The British number one says he only wants "a couple of coaches, a couple of trainers and a couple of physios" to work with him during the coming season.

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I read this post with some interest Madeline so I decided to go to the source and read the full article. wink I think it's worth a link for those who would like to read it. thumbsup.gif It's three pages long so there is plenty to go at!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/12/15/stmott115.xml


-- Edited by helki at 16:29, 2007-12-15

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I really think this could work for him. I certainly hope so.

But perhaps I'm a bit prejudiced, as I never wanted him to have Gilbert!

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