Babbel’s case probably just shows, that there is still room for improvement/more flexibility. E.g. there are suggestions that Babbel could take the course but spread it out over a longer time period, so that he can still coach Stuttgart at the same time. We’ll have to see what happens there until the summer.

As a Stuttgart supporter myself, apart from our defending, results-wise, I am pleased that the club has been on the upswing under Babbel since he took over from Armin Veh. Still unbeaten so far in the league since November when Babbel first took charge. It is a fact that Babbel does not have the necessary coaching licence at the moment. And Sammer has always been firm in regards to Babbel continuing his course in the upcoming summer. Has his opinion changed somehow after noticing how Stuttgart has been under Babbel, I have no idea. I don’t want to be too optimistic that there could be a compromise on the horizon.

Just of late, I had been reading contrasting signals to Babbel’s future. Only a few days ago, Stuttgart general manager Horst Heldt was saying that there had been talks recently at the DFB headquarters in regards to the situation and I think I read somewhere Sammer confirmed it did happened. Then it looked like it was revealed yesterday (or maybe it’s what I had been reading on Google Translate) by the kicker magazine that there will be some sort of changes to the coaching courses and it may not work in Stuttgart’s favour. It’s just spinning my head all over the place.

Diana: I think that Sammer actually does a good job. Following Klinsmann’s success the FA became much more open to reviewing its’ standards and practices and Sammer has since then done a lot of work in that regard and he is also closely working together with Loew.

Instead, it is Matthias Sammer holding that post at the DFB. There are times, especially in the wake of how Hoffenheim get to where they are now, I actually wondered did the DFB regretted not getting Peters instead.