Tuchel was doing a thing that most managers try and do when new to a role, he is making a point, drawing a line in the sand.
‘It’s my way or the highway’
Potter did the same sort of thing when he kicked Andone & Locadia out of the club. I suspect like Tuchel, it was all cold calculation...
If you really believe that Potter speaks to his players and comes across the same way he conducts those incredibly dull press conferences, I’d question your statement about not being intellectually challenged.
Every manager puts on a certain face for the public, there’s no way he’d be able to...