Jose Mourinho: Lessons from a Sacking

Caveat: This post is about much more than football- read it to the end to see why.
Unusually, I read the story of Jose's departure from Chelsea rather late at 10.15am today.
My immediate instinct in typical Arsenal fan fashion was to taunt some of my friends who were Chelsea fans. And I tried my best, with the help of my keyboard and google compose page to put some spiteful words together. Here's what I wrote:
Dear Chelsea fan,
It is with great JOY that I send my condolences to you on the loss of the best thing that has ever happened to your football club.
The departure of 'El Special One' from Stamford Bridge in the early hours of this morning is without doubt a moment of significant proportions that will reverberate for a long time.
Without a doubt Jose had a big-mouth, big-head and big ego...but he helped to give your team of some 'big for nothings' a sense of direction never seen before and am afriad unlikely to be seen again.
The lesser mortals ( eg John Terry and Roman) that he's left behind will soon see the folly of their action when you guys struggle to make it beyond the group stages of the Champions League and come home empty handed this season.
To Avram 'who the hell is that' Grant - welcome to infamy!

Regards,
Ashaye
on behalf of the Returning Kings of London

As if that wasn't enough- I sent another one:

Dear Chelski Fan,
You guys waited for 50 years to smell d premiership and just because the guy drew a game - u send him away? What a bunch of tossers!
In any case, the tributes for the best thing to ever happen to your club are coming in in their droves...
Here's one that just went out on one of the office speakers.
After this song, Can we pls stand up for a moment of silence to mark the passing away of the glory days of Chelski!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBniDRCcciI

But the first response I got from Ayobami Oladejo- one of the recipients of my 'spite', put the whole episode into a better and more relevant perspective. Here's the gist of what he said:

... for a man to walk out of his job and leave with 10 Million Pounds - it is no mean feat and to say that this same man will soon get another club. How many of us can boast of that? .... All the same, it is a lesson to us all - know your job well, say your mind, enjoy yourself and when you refuse to take nonsense - you will have the last laugh!

Real food for thought I hear you say.

So long Jose, see you in another dug-out soon!

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