The SCB is active again: these are the Bernese play-off makers

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After health problems and a year as chairman of the board of directors, Marc Lüthi (62) returned to where it hurts: to the director’s office. The result? Sponsors and followers are spinning, quarterly figures and results bulletins are going in the right direction for the SCB. Lüthi is the permanent star in the SCB firmament, his influence on the club’s fate is considerable. The damage caused by the pandemic and diffuse personnel decisions has not completely disappeared – but you can see light at the end of the tunnel. With the appointment of sports coach Martin Plüss and the new sports director Patrik Bärtschi, Lüthi should have completed the process of staff shifts at the offices, so that this segment can also calm down. On Saturday, the historically charged space of the PostFinance Arena in Bern experienced another great moment with a standing ovation: the SCB is active again.

In the time after Kari Jalonen, the SCB fished in various trainer hunting waters, but the big catch was not successful. The realization that there must be a boss behind the team bench who can support this position through his actions alone brought Jussi Tapola to SCB. That’s charisma. Then comes the authority with which he emphasizes his charisma – there is no point in contradiction. The Finn’s charming grin could give way to bared teeth the next moment if his doctrine of opportunism is ignored. This basic order may not give you wings, but it has produced players who seem to have renewed confidence in their own abilities.

Signing a foreign goalkeeper was not a capitulation to the idea of ​​relying on a Swiss goalkeeper in the long term. But the series of Swiss goalkeepers who have brought fame and honor to SCB in the past reads like an excerpt from the hall of fame: Tosio, Bührer, Genoni. But Wüthrich had to start as a rookie in the deepest crisis, and Wüthrich ultimately benefited from the certainty that Reideborn brought to the team.

The Swede is probably not a humorless defensive locker, but he is certainly a locker. This is a powerhouse that can hardly be played with without the risk of bruising. He embodies the coach’s limited interest in bold actions by the defensive staff, which can easily be attributed to Ville Pokka, but certainly not to the enterprising Julius Honka.

The 22-year-old from Engadin is the regular starter in Bern’s virtual fourth attacking line, which regularly presents itself as a real first line. The actual first line surrounding the brilliant Dominik Kahun does that too, but that was to be expected. Ritzmann doesn’t seem to care whether he comes through the middle or cuts through the couloirs. An imposing figure (191 cm) with a keen eye for what is happening on the ice. Almost a side project for Tapola, who seems to be having fun developing his fourth line.

Source : Blick