In a strange bit of wisdom, Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan told his players he wanted them to shoot as many times as possible — at least 30 times per game — because scoring goals is like finding a wife.
Tan’s logic essentially boils down to this: The more shots you take, the more times you will score. And just like a marriage proposal, if you ask a woman to marry you 50 times, the odds are better than if you only inquire once.
If that does not make an ounce of sense, let Tan explain in his own words, because it still won’t make an ounce of sense.
“In every match I want to see 30 or 40 attempts on goal, at least. Just shoot from 25, 30 yards,” he told Wales Online. “The law of averages says the more you shoot, the more you’ll score. If you shoot 30 times you’ll get three goals, 40 times will be four goals, 50 times and you’ll get five goals.”
“Have you seen ugly men walking around with a very beautiful wife? Well that’s because they’ve asked 30, 40, 50 times before getting a yes. On the other hand, you’ll see a handsome man ask once, get a ‘no’ in response and that’s it. So the more you try, the more success you’ll have.”
This feels like the plot of every CBS sit-com in the last 10 years. One must be persistent to achieve results, at least I think that is what he is going for. Although the whole “goals are like women” analogy is an unsavory way of conveying that point. I can’t help but wonder if Tan is speaking from personal experience here…
For the uninformed, Tan has built himself a reputation similar to Donald Sterling or Al Davis over in England. Tan, who made his fortune bringing McDonald’s to Malaysia, made some radical changes to the club since buying a 51% stake in 2010. Not a fan of the color blue, Tan changed the team’s colors to red because he thought it would market better in Asia. This came in spite of the fact the team is known as the “bluebirds.” Not to be deterred, Tan also changed the main crest symbol into that of a dragon.
Tan eventually reverted back to a crest and color scheme that mirrored the original back in March, but could not help but sneak in one major edit.
https://twitter.com/OfficialNiar/status/575913580316508160
Perhaps worst of all, Tan admitted he did not know the rules of soccer when he first purchased the team. This latest pep talk is just more of the same from Tan, and you have to feel for the Cardiff City organization and their fans. Little is worse in sports than a meddling, incompetent owner, especially one giving marriage advice.
