I'm told the New England Revolution have parted ways w/head coach Jay Heaps. #NERevs #MLS : https://t.co/Zil9VpqC1O— Ives Galarcep (@SoccerByIves) September 19, 2017 Would be shocked if Tom Soehn isn't named the interim coach for the rest of the season.
Finally. I'm sure Soehn will be in charge the rest of the season. But it was a necessary move regardless. Burns next.
Baby steps. Getting Burns out is probably a fantasy as it is. (Regardless, it wouldn't happen before season's end. We'll have to be patient.)
Well, if this plays out, I might actually watch a game again. Just to see how the players play differently. A lot more needs to be done, but this would be a start.
Unless they have someone already lined up and ready to step in. Rather than an interim from the current coaching staff I'd rather have the new coach be in place before the end of the season so he can evaluate what he's inherited before the off season starts "Gio S, your car and driver are waiting at the curb{
Interesting that this happens right on the day where an article comes out saying that Arthur Blanc's management of Atlanta is embarrassing some of the other owners like Kraft...
So who would be an inexpensive coach we could hire? I have heard Gio Saveresse's name being tossed around on twitter. That would likely fit the minuscule budget the team has for a coach.
One down, two to go. Bilello and Burns also have to be shown the door, ASAP. The President, General Manager, and Head Coach of the New England Revolution have ALL been equally culpable when it comes to "blowing smoke" and making excuses for the piss-poor performance of this club... and for far too long.
About time - that took way too long. Agree that this should be the first step in a thorough house cleaning.
Firing Heaps is like changing clothes on the manikin in the window unless Burns goes too. The new coach be it Soehn, Llamosa, Ralston or Vinnie Boombatz they will all be hamstrung by having an incompetent in charge of signing players
Corroboration from Brian O'Connell: http://nesoccertoday.com/?p=46768 After losing 7-0 in what was built up as the most important game of the year, after getting 3 red cards and a mass confrontation warning in the last 2 games, the Revs almost had no other choice. Glad they finally made the move, let's see what comes next.
It was about time. That said, thanks to Jay for his part in getting us to 2 cup finals. If he lacked a few things as head man, it wasn't dedication or passion. Good luck to him.
From the article.... With Heaps gone, the pressure will now be on general manager Mike Burns to help turn things around for an organization with a widespread reputation for frugality, unpopular treatment of players and a dismal track of player acquisitions. Burns has been the team's general manager for the past six seasons — he was named to the position at the same time Heaps was hired as head coach — and was the vice president for player personnel for four seasons prior to that. Burns will now be tasked with appointing the team's first new head coach since 2011.
They can, no doubt, do better than Burns, but the squad he has provided to Heaps is capable of much, much more. A lot of what Burns has assembled is "too little, too late", but there is quality (finally) in cdef, dmid, gk and pretty much all of the attacking positions. What we don't have: - young, developing players who will turn into MLS players - real quality depth - a serious playing opportunity for bench players (i.e., loan programs that work, a USL team, etc.) - real quality, two-way midfielders - a world-experienced, take charge player who will inspire his teammates to a world-class mindset (most MLS teams now have at least one) - Latin-American players: how can an MLS team in this day and age not have any? And, don't give me the child of Leominster, he's as American as Andrew Farrell. The answer to the LA player question is that the coaches the Revs have hired (Nicol, Heaps) haven't known how or been able to coach the acquisitions they have gotten. So, in my mind, the first thing I want in a new coach is someone who understands Latin-American play and and players and how to utilize them in MLS competition.
That is a good list of what we don't have/can be improved. I would like to add scouts/a more mature scouting department/organization.
The rumormill says Greg Andrulis is being interviewed for the position. Currently head coach of George Mason (2-12-2 last season). Former assistant (5 years) and then head coach (4 years) at Columbus Crew (a period of time when they won absolutely nothing). That'd be a real puzzling hire to me. Hopefully they consider more guys on this list: https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/08/30/sabetti-10-coaches-who-would-be-good-fit-mls
That quote is from a Goalusa article here: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/sources-heaps-out-as-revolution-head-coach/stj4ykfssiiq1htrj2716mhhw What is INCREDIBLE about that quote is that all the bolded stuff is about Burns!! How does firing Heaps address any of that!!! And Burns is the one tasked with turning it around. The author of the article really hits the issue on the head, seemingly by accident. I read an article in the New York Times (of all places) about how American owners of Premier League teams in England have had a tough time of it. It reminded me a LOT of the Krafts, here's the quote that hit me the most: "In soccer, U.S. owners outsource the running [of the team] to people who seem to have the right experience. The problem for many American owners - especially at first - is in establishing who, exactly, that might be." Article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/16/sports/soccer/premier-league-american-owners.html?mcubz=1&_r=0 In reading about how MLS started and the lack of understanding of the soccer culture of most of the American owners, and seeing how the Revs are run, this just seems to all fit the same model here. Firing Heaps may have been necessary, but not firing Burns means nothing will really change.