{"id":18336,"date":"2026-08-30T16:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/interview-nowak\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:44:39","slug":"interview-nowak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/interview-nowak\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomas Nowak on the model, and the four defeats that break it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomas Nowak built the recruitment model half the division now copies. He is the first to say when it breaks.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"on-trust\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">On trust<\/h2>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every club says they trust the model. Then they lose four in a row and buy a thirty-year-old.<\/p><cite>\u2014 Tomas Nowak<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The model is not the problem, he says; the board meeting after the fourth defeat is. A recruitment process that only works when everyone is calm is not a process, it is a mood.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bracton&#039;s ground. Nowak watches from the press box, not the directors&#039; box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"on-the-four-defeats\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the four defeats<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has a rule: no decision about the squad inside a week of any result. It has been broken twice in five years. Both signings, he says, were fine players and bad ideas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every club says they trust the model. 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