More than Discuitable Sweaters: Bob Hanning leaves the DHB

Bob Hanning can barely expect the weekend. First I present my book, then I will celebrate a bit with a few friends and put the chapter DHB with one or the other good glass of red wine ad act days, says the outgoing dressing vice.

Eight years, Hanning has rubbed off in the German handball creamer. He helped to renovate the association against violent resistors, the national team quickly led to great successes - now is over. Hanning has finished. And he is in pure.

He goes, that stresses Hanning talking to the SID, with a smile on the face. I am very satisfied with what has happened in all the years. But I am honesty also glad that this episode is now over goes. There were eight intensive years that cost a lot of power. On Sunday, Hanning is officially adopted at the DHB Bundestag in Dusseldorf from the Association, then Jörg Föste, Managing Director of the Bundesligaern Bergischer HC, should take over the job.

Where Hanning was, was Bob n Roll

Where Hanning was Bob n Roll - so he calls it in his autobiography, which appears on Friday and provoked alone with the cover, which shows him on a golden throne. Bob n Roll is certainly an allusion to its many conflicts he extracted with plenty of passion.

There was the dispute with the then DHB President Bernhard Bauer 2015 ( The mud battle would have liked to spare him and the association ), there was the inglorious end with Christian Prokop, the national coach him throughout him, in the spring of 2020 ( take the On my cap ). And there was the massive conflict with Handball-Legend Heiner Brand, whose end in the Association Hanning fed shortly after his takeover.

Never the experience, but always the result

He does not regret all that, says the 53-year-old, If you take responsibility, you can not always make it any right. It was crucial and is for Hanning, that is one of his core messages, never the experience, but always the result . And that can be placed under the bottom line.

These are things and successes I will never forget.

Bob Hanning over 2016

With the sensational EM triumph in Poland 2016 and Olympic bronze in the same year in Rio catapulted Hanning the national team together with coach Dagur Sigurdsson in long unknown spheres. These are things and successes I will never forget. But much more important to me, that we have implemented a new professional structure and a whole new culture in this association, says Hanning.

In the past one only got sponsors with great efforts. Today we can choose who we take on the chest. The association is unmarked and stand with many home tournaments (Junior World Cup 2023, Men-EM 2024, Women s World Cup 2025 and Men s World Cup 2027) in front of a shiny future.

Today I think: Bob Hanning is a big one. Despite the sweater.

Stefan Kretzschmar

This future takes place at the DHB now without Hanning. And it is likely to fall hard to the association, without him, the self-called Napoleon of Handball to spray the color that Hanning the sport was awarded. Because it s not just the much discussed colorful sweaters that will be missing from the German handball. The charisma and assertiveness, but also the energy and passion of Hanning are unprecedented in the scene.

Hanning promises: You will hear me punctually

Previously, I thought: an egoist, worse, an egocentric. One who holds himself for the navel of the handball world, says the former international Stefan Kretzschmar over Hanning: Today I think: Bob Hanning is a big one. Despite the sweater

Completely away from the window, Hanning will not be sure. As managing director of the Füchse Berlin and the glowing national team fan, he will continue to interfere, he promises: You will hear me point. There, where it is important. And maybe there, where it hurts.