Tangnes talks about the difficult start in Switzerland
Dan Tangis is now entering his fourth season as head coach of EV Zug in the Swiss League, but his first time at the club hasn’t been entirely easy.
For Norwegian TV 2, he talks about the difficult start of the adventure in Switzerland.
– Then I just thought “what did you do with them?” , he says.
After turning 3-0 in matches to 4-3 in the final against the ZSC Lions, Zug became the Swiss champion. But the path was not entirely clear to the head coach Dan Tangis.
For Norwegian TV 2, he is now talking about the difficult start in his current homeland.
In his first year, there was plenty of time in Tangnes’s car when he traveled between the ice rink and the gym. On the way there, he drove past his daughter’s school.
– She was completely alone. I saw that she was completely alone when everyone was playing. Then I just thought “what was I doing with them now?” , he says, saying it was something that struck him with a bad conscience.
I never feel like I can give enough of myself anywhere. I try to line up for everything, like participating in floorball training or tennis coaching, but the money is really short. I work a lot and I am very far, although here in Switzerland we can sleep at home after every away game.
“She was like a dog”
Before Dan Tangnes took primary responsibility for Zug, he was Linköping’s head coach in the SHL for four seasons.
When the daughter was three years old, he moved to Sweden alone and traveled to Norway to spend time with the family.
– The first two years she was like a dog. She didn’t know if you went out with the trash or were away for 14 days, he told TV2.
After a while, the 43-year-old had had enough.
– Last year I came home to surprise her at school. The first thing I asked was when I would be back. I said I have to come back later today. Then she ran away again. It was heavy, so I decided we couldn’t live that way anymore, says Tangis, who instead carried the moving burden to Switzerland.
Specifically in one of the richest municipalities in the world.
I usually say that Switzerland is a bit like a bubble in the world. Zog like a bubble inside that bubble. Everything is clean and safe. It is perhaps one of the richest municipalities in the whole world, he says.