#19: Turbulent times in Barcelona, best coaching tenures of the last decade, our Superbowl picks plus lots of basketball talk

After sitting out last week due to sickness we are back at it again! First, Matej needs to rant about the latest storylines out of Barcelona starting with manager Xavi Hernandez announcing to step down after the season and how the club continues to not being able to learn from it's mistakes in the past (00:02:03). With Jürgen Klopp announcing to leave his manager role at Liverpool FC, we take a look at the most successful coaching hires in sports in the last decade and how they impacted their respective clubs/sports (00:13:09). As the Superbowl between the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the San Francisco 49ers is set we make our picks and predict what team will become Kings of Las Vegas (00:33:38). The Euroleague has again been on full display and we take on the latest highlights and storylines, especially the most recent discussions of expansion talk (00:40:53). Last but not least, Ricky Rubio has officially joined his former club, FC Barcelona, as a practice player as we reflect on his illustrious career (01:03:48) before finishing off this episode with some NBA talk (01:08:37)    Co-Host: Matej Hopp and Simon Pichler Producer: Simon Pichler Music: Lunatic - HLM 3 (Intro) & 113 - Outro (113 fout la merde) You can follow the Up Hill Down Under podcast on, Facebook (@uphilldownunder) Instagram (@uphilldownunder), on Twitter/X (@uphilldownunder) and on YouTube (coming soon). For advertising opportunities please reach out via e-mail: [email protected]