They say All or nothing is the Mourinho show.
Oh it is, but that's what makes the players' reactions so shocking. Mourinho is being Mr. Hollywood, and the players clearly see through it. The interactions between the manager and the players, aren't like other human interactions in life, where there's an open dialogue and issues are discussed, evaluated, analysed... It's just Mourinho spouting movie script lines like "in football and in life, all that matters is courage and family".
Not because it's fake or scripted (it definitely isn't), but because that's just who he is.
It's the same in every industry, though. I work in marketing and I've met more than a few people who have the same attitude. Buzzwords, stories, and absolutely zilch about the job at hand. People of a certain social class think that these guys are geniuses - and they believe themselves to be geniuses too. Everyone else sees right through them, but has to do the job regardless, and when they do a good job, the guy who gets the credit is the "genius" who they all laugh at.
It may have been edited to make José the focus, but who he is, is who he is in reality, I would bet my life on it. Just because he's the focus, doesn't make it any less interesting, or less real. Because it's fascinating to see how he is, and how people react to him.
My impression - if he was a caricature - is that he basically turns up, takes his sunglasses off, says "go out there and win", and goes home again.
There is a guy who works for Spurs and who says it heavily edited.
Everyone always says that about any fly-on-the-wall documentary. Of course it is, it's hour-long episodes! But it's enough to see the reality of the situation, especially in people's reactions to him. Also, if (as I've seen a ton of people saying on social media) the bit where he turns off the TV and says "fuck off" (to the pundit saying Mourinho's past his best), is fake... He'd be suing the production company for millions.
Speaking of which - it's very noticeable who you hear a lot from, and who you don't. Lloris, for example, doesn't appear much, and I think that's because he's old enough and wise enough not to speak about Mourinho, which is all the crew are after. That gives you a bit of insight. A few people - like Vertonghen, and Son - come out of it really well. I feel sorry for Vertonghen. He even says "my daughter is getting ready to go to her next school, she's been accepted and I hope it works out".
Pocch barely is in it and some very important matches are omitted (the match against Chelsea, arguably the most important match of the season where Spurs wer awful and wich was a turning point in the season, for instance).
Poch is in it very briefly - but it's quite revealing. He says "in football, 2+2 doesn't always equal 4" and, most interestingly, "if a house falls down, everyone sees it fall - but you have to anticipate that the house will fall", and then denies he's talking about the situation Tottenham were in at the time (shortly before he was fired), but then there's an awkward silence.
Those guys say that Delle Alli comes over as an intelligent guy.
He doesn't come across as stupid (Kane reeeeeeeeeally does)... But he doesn't come across as clever. He comes across as a teenager in a man's body, to me. He does the PR-trained talk and says he "knows he's not been at his best" and he'll "try harder", but that's what a kid says when they're forced into it by a teacher. As soon as he's not being interviewed, he's himself, and he comes across as someone who has an ego and (admittedly, as Mourinho said himself) doesn't try hard enough because he's taking life for granted.
It seems to me he's reached the peak of the career that his mentality will ever allow him to have, and he's far from a bad player, but "coasting" is the word.
All of the above is clear, and that's not through over-acting or "stitch-up" editing jobs. It comes across naturally - so I reject the "it's been heavily edited" accusations beyond making Mourinho the focus (i.e. they don't create false narratives).
I would bet my life savings on Mourinho just being who he is in the documentary, in real-life, all the time.
(Just like the LFC thing from years ago, when they were filmed in pre-season, and Brendan Rogers came across as a cross between a geography teacher and David Brent. Telling the youth squad players to shape up like he'd just caught them smoking cigarettes at the back of the building.)
EDIT: I forgot to mention Daniel Levy... That's an interesting one.
I find it hard to judge him, especially in the light of a tweet I read earlier about Liverpool, and why they haven't bought many new players over the last few seasons. Tottenham come up a few times, in terms of their financial management, and I've got to say, my opinion on him is changing a little bit...
The thread is massive, but it's really interesting. Especially if you're a data person...