[jamesf24]

If Bruce Arena is not retained as US coach, who else should be considered a candidate?

IMO, the only MLS coach who should be considered would be Bradely, the only other possible American coach, would be John Eilenger, who is the top guy at Bradenton, and I think he would be a stretch.

I've heard rumors that Ruud Guilet would be interested, but I havent seen anything official, like quotes or anything.

What other names are out there?

James

[copaantl98]

Definitely not Octavio Zambrano.

[Ringo]

if I'm not mistaken, Steve Sampson is available.

[Red Card]

John Harkes would make a great coach-for-life.

[whip]

The only reason that I would be thinking about another coach for the NATS, is because BRUCE ARENA HIMSELF DOES NOT WANT THE POSITION NO MORE. Are we soccer fans promoting soccer or what? The only other coach that could REPLACE BRUCE COULD BE KOREA 2002 SOCCER COACH

[whip]

The only reason that I would be thinking about another coach for the NATS, is because BRUCE ARENA HIMSELF DOES NOT WANT THE POSITION NO MORE. Are we soccer fans promoting soccer or what? The only other coach that could REPLACE BRUCE COULD BE KOREA 2002 SOCCER COACH ( i forgot his name )

[The Wanderer]

Whip, you are thinking of Gus Hiddink.

John Ellinger is in no way qualified to coach the national team. He's never coached a team above U17 IIRC.

[jamesf24]

Originally posted by The Wanderer
Whip, you are thinking of Gus Hiddink.

John Ellinger is in no way qualified to coach the national team. He's never coached a team above U17 IIRC.

Like I said, that would be a stretch. The only real connection is that he has already coached, and had good success (and should be given alot of credit for developing) Beasley, Donovan, Quaranta, Buddle, etc. Not that all those guys would be givens for the squad.

Hidnick is a possibility, but I havent heard anything in the way of his interest.

Some may say Sigi Schmid, but I would be against that notion.

As far as Bruce is concerned, if he wants the job, and doesnt demand too much money, he should be retained. The idea of the thread is "What if he's not".

Some may say Jurgeon Klinsmann, he is here and has his "A" coaching license, and is familiar with the MLS. But has zero coaching experience.

James

[SeismicShift]

Originally posted by jamesf24


The only real connection is that he has already coached, and had good success (and should be given alot of credit for developing) Beasley, Donovan, Quaranta, Buddle, etc. Not that all those guys would be givens for the squad.

Ellinger did not DEVELOP those guys--if you want to hire the folks that developed those players for the nats, look to see who their club coach is/was. Ellinger simply assembles, he doesn't develop.

But before we get too high on Ellinger, remember this past u-17 WC disaster? We were embarassed by Egypt.

[The Wanderer]

Originally posted by SeismicShift


Ellinger did not DEVELOP those guys--if you want to hire the folks that developed those players for the nats, look to see who their club coach is/was. Ellinger simply assembles, he doesn't develop.

But before we get too high on Ellinger, remember this past u-17 WC disaster? We were embarassed by Egypt.

Minor quibble--Eqypt beat us in the second round of the U20 WYC and then went on to the semi finals and won the third place game IIRC. Wolfgang Sunholz was the U20 coach.