"Calm and consistency": HSV’s recipe for survival? | OneFootball

A year after taking office, coach Merlin Polzin draws a conclusion that Hamburg SV fans have not heard in a long time.

The man who led the club back to the Bundesliga after a seven-year absence sees his HSV "settled in calm waters" after ten match days. A statement that sounds unusually relaxed in the once chronically nervous Volkspark and has become the guiding theme of the current season.

In an interview with kicker, Polzin emphasizes: "There is calm and consistency." Two words he does not use superficially but consciously understands as the core of a development that makes the northern club appear solid both on and off the field.

From the beginning, his aim was for the Bundesliga to "experience a different HSV than the one it bid farewell to." Polzin made this clear last summer when the Rothosen celebrated their promotion at Hamburg City Hall. Nearly six months later, his conclusion is: "I believe that's exactly what it is doing."

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The fact that the return to the top league appears so controlled so far is not attributed solely to sporting factors by the 35-year-old. Rather, he points to the improved structure within the club. "I have the feeling: We are not shaken by one issue after another, and everyone is eager to work," says Polzin. This remark describes a transformation that had blocked HSV for several years. Hardly any other club was accompanied by so much background noise.

Particularly important in this regard is the role of sports director Stefan Kuntz, whose "expertise and enormous wealth of experience" significantly advances the club. At the same time, Polzin does not forget that his predecessor Jonas Boldt "has done HSV a lot of good" and created a "stable foundation."

The current leadership constellation around Kuntz, sports director Claus Costa, CFO Eric Huwer, and the coaching team now focuses on "letting as little as possible from the outside affect us." Polzin sees this as the key: A combination of calm and consistency should indeed lead HSV to maintain their league status.

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