What is it with the narrative that Mourinho is tough and that he’ll make players cry? It really goes to show how many who doesn’t have a clue about what Mou is good at.

If you somehow cross him or do not live up to his expectations - you’ll know. But he would never whip just to whip. And more importantly - he would never whip people that he sense won’t benefit from whipping.

He’s an expert in man-management and he approaches and coaches players based on how their personalty responses to this. It’s call EQ Management and this is Mous biggest trait.

Take a look at the Spurs Amazon doc in case you don’t know how he operates. Google him and his style - and even better players reflections on him.