In England, professional managers last on average 16 months. More than half never get a second chance. Their short tenure is lived under a spotlight controlled by voracious media, obsessive fans, capricious owners and overpaid and sometimes unruly players.

在英格兰，职业足球主教练的平均任期为16个月。其中逾一半的人永远不会有第二次机会出任主教练。他们短暂的任期是在聚光灯下度过的，无孔不入的媒体、狂热的球迷、反复无常的老板、以及薪资过高且有时不服管教的球员，都会让他们成为公众关注的焦点。

But there is a purity and focus to the football manager’s role that is rare in business. Few jobs are (literally) as goal-oriented, as bounded by rules and as divorced from the profit motive. Companies built by the owners of football clubs often turn over far more money than the clubs themselves. Coaches sometimes win broader responsibility – Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United was one – but that is the exception in football, the rule at companies.

但足球主教练角色的纯粹性和专注性在企业界是不多见的。很少有什么工作（真的）像这样足球主教练这样以目标为导向、受规则约束且不必考虑利润。足球俱乐部老板创办的企业所赚的钱，通常会比俱乐部本身赚的钱多得多。主教练有时会承担更广泛的职责，曼彻斯特联队(Manchester United)的亚历克斯•弗格森爵士(Sir Alex Ferguson)就是这样一位主教练，但这种情况在足球界属于例外，在企业界则属于常规。

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