Carmelo’s clear conscience

As difficult as crashing it twice in the same sea—the second in shallower waters—he thinks (and thinks) about his third year Caramel of the Well in Hercules. Sporting director does many things well alone in Alicante’s blue and white presence in the first place [en la anterior, hace una década, fue segundo de Sergio Fernández], but the vast majority are not seen by the general public. The visible, the obvious, the crystal clear no matter where you look at it, went wrong without discussion.

Despite this, the Segovian coach who will fulfill 53 years In July, he leaves his daily duties with his head held high and “with a clear conscience”, convinced that he has given everything, so that things that directly depend on his action turn out to be good, which has not always been the case. file.

One week after expediting a meeting Enrique Ortiz In the office, Carmelo, the man who openly went looking for him in 2020 to get Hercules out of the most incompetent football, was finally reunited with the owner after a brief exchange of ideas and non-binding views. A third episode starring the two of them was impossible, so Javier Portillo In preparing the templates, the blue and white left the office, agreeing that his employment relationship with the SAD would end on June 30 logically, without fanfare, without adding to any further noise.

Del Pozo failed to achieve any of the goals he set out to sign his first team contract. The rest also contributes to strengthening the gears of a club that has a tendency to self-destruct. Maybe that’s why Carmelo claims to resign. “clear conscience” The division of the former head of the Hercules sports district “for the work performed – the satisfaction achieved by the subsidiary of the good performance in youth football with the maintenance of the category – the best classification since playing at the moment – underlines – and promotion of the youth team to the Honors Division».

They’re not minor issues, but they’re not enough on their own. Not a transfer call either. Abdication To Barcelona, ​​which moved hand in hand with its owner and was able to close at the end of July 350.000 € for two million The one who crystallized hours before the summer closing of the transfer market, paid the Blaugrana team after he planted himself and brought the operation to the limit.

But you can’t leave a team that does everything right. The mistakes made are important. If they affect the fate of the block in the competition, they will crush it. burden of evil At Hercules, Carmelo del Pozo became the management of the coaches, the decisions made with the people responsible for leading the locker room. Hitting players is always more ambiguous, even if it’s just for simple stats. Despite this, he demonstrated a great knowledge of the market and the ability to fall in love with a particular person and negotiate contracts without incurring costs.

Everyone is much more difficult with technicians. The already former sporting director of Hércules paid this course for the distrust caused by the team’s dismissal (for the vast majority of them hasty). David CubilloThe man who made Abde sit on the bench for eleven days, but got the dismissal warning when the team was second in the league.

This oscillation causes uncertainty in the choice of his replacement, Alexander Esteve until the final Manolo DiazHaving trouble taking the true measure of the squad, the player finished the fourth category worst. This led him to adopt an overly conservative stance towards Sergio Mora and became his professional grave in Alicante.

Del Pozo’s effort and dedication to Hércules was enormous, but the fatalism that accompanied his teams in each of the two years he was responsible is measurable: a lot has happened. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. Unlike fate, it cannot be won. No one does it, and it’s very unlikely that anyone will.