News: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction, incl Lahm's comments

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by Kool Herc, Jul 31, 2011.

  1. Lothar

    Lothar Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Tuscaloosa
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    For those who read German, here is the first Spiegel article reporting the hiring. It is pretty much just the facts; the readers' responses are more interesting. I haven't read them all, but the first 4 or 5 are all pretty negative, along the line that we have shot ourselves in the foot. Some readers do say, however, that he'll probably be treated more fairly here than at Bayern.

    http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,777439,00.html
     
  2. bltleo

    bltleo Member+

    Jan 5, 2003
    GERMANY
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    i also think that there will come more news from Germany..i also think that german press will more follow US games and make comments on Klinsi...since I m Klinsi fan and have been following his career since he was a player I will surely follow press about him and post something here ..when I think it might be interesting for you....i had a look at the press now..but reports I have read have not said something new or special...i have a special relationship to klinsi and different view on him...I will come back to US soccer now and follow more US soccer...
    but in summary I would say you have got an excellent man, super coach - i know some people might disagree - but this is my opinion....plus you have a good looking coach now.

    greetings from germany
    bltleo
     
  3. Major Major

    Major Major Member

    Jul 20, 2011
    Colorado
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    Hopefully, if Klinsmann is successful in beginning to shape our youth system, he will be kept on longer than 3 years. If that means hiring him as a technical director afterward, then so be it.

    I really do hope he (and Reyna) can galvanize our youth system into something not-so-disparate in the next few years. Very long shot, but I am confident with a few firey and charismatic guys at the helm that some good can be done, however small.
     
  4. Kool Herc

    Kool Herc Member

    Oct 17, 2008
    Dallas
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    Heres the thread on the spiegel forum about the article that Lothar is talking about:
    http://forum.spiegel.de/showthread.php?t=40831

    12 pages now and the majority of it seems negative (as best as I can get from google translate,) a few at the end seem to come to sympathize with him/us though :D

    Thanks, I'm interested in reading about how this news is viewed from a German perspective.
     
  5. SCBozeman

    SCBozeman Member

    Jun 3, 2001
    St. Louis
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    I think that's an old photo of Martina Navratilova.
     
  6. dtid

    dtid Member

    Sep 6, 2010
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    Love.It.
     
  7. fingersave

    fingersave Member

    Sep 28, 2009
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    I don't know, man. I don't see a moustache.
     
  8. fingersave

    fingersave Member

    Sep 28, 2009
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    If Klinsi is anywhere near the class guy that Dirk is, we're in for a treat.
     
  9. LiverAndPineapple

    May 7, 2008
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2011-07-29-juergen-klinsmann-usa-soccer-coach_n.htm
     
  10. Lascho

    Lascho Member+

    Sep 1, 2008
    Hannover, Germany
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    The Spiegel forum is a very, very strange place for attention seekers rather than a hotbed of soccer knowledge. They even use the formal "Sie" to address each other.
    Most Germans will just use the opportunity to say again what they think of Klinsmann after his time at Germany at Bayern, without any real connection to the job at the USSF.
     
  11. Cliveworshipper

    Cliveworshipper Member+

    Dec 3, 2006
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    Too bad. You'd think they'd learn to have knowledgeable and reasoned on-point discussions like we do here on bigso.....

    Never mind.
     
  12. KluivertsBoots

    Jun 16, 2009
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    When do we get the Mercedes Benz trackers?
     
  13. SeaOtter

    SeaOtter Member

    Nov 7, 2006
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    I keep coming around to this conclusion: we get three years of HC Klinsy and then Technical Director Klinsy if things don't go horribly wrong. Pretty much everything he's said since the WC has sounded like a guy who's interviewing to be technical director.
     
  14. Marko72

    Marko72 Member+

    Aug 30, 2005
    New York
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    That's what I think, for what it's worth.
     
  15. WraithXx

    WraithXx Member

    Jun 14, 2007
    Dallas, TX
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    makes sense to me
     
  16. White/Blue_since1860

    Orange14 is gay
    Jan 4, 2007
    Bum zua City
    Club:
    TSV 1860 München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    Frankfurter Allgemeine
    http://www.faz.net/artikel/C30644/juergen-klinsmann-ein-grosser-schritt-fuer-amerika-30478124.html

     
  17. orcrist

    orcrist Member+

    Jun 11, 2005
    Bay Area, California, USA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  18. Lascho

    Lascho Member+

    Sep 1, 2008
    Hannover, Germany
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    There's an interview with Klinsmann in Sportbild. I won't buy or read it, but it seems he said "It would be great to have a friendly against Germany. Not because I would meet a lot of friends, but because we need these tests."
    Sportbild.de teaser
    Doesn't sound like he's looking for weak opponents.
     
  19. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  20. White/Blue_since1860

    Orange14 is gay
    Jan 4, 2007
    Bum zua City
    Club:
    TSV 1860 München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    Yeah, like a combination of England and ....... penalty shootouts. Two things, that just don't go together.
     
  21. bshredder

    bshredder BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 23, 1999
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    Former US forward and current Borussia Dortmund U23 head coach David Wagner along with young German-American players Terrence Boyd, Tyrone McCargo, and Jann George give their thoughts on Klinsmann taking the US job

    GERMAN-AMERICANS REACT TO KLINSMANN HIRE
     
  22. MightyMouse

    MightyMouse BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 19, 2003
    Island paradise east of the mainland
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    I back our new coach 100%, I like what he is saying, lets pray the team gels well with him and fights for results. I think we are in for some positive results!
     
  23. Eleven Bravo

    Eleven Bravo Member+

    Atlanta United
    United States
    Jul 3, 2004
    SC
    Club:
    Atlanta Silverbacks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    forgive me for the threadjack, but bshredder, what's the scoop on Alfredo Morales, Fabian Johnson, and Daniel Williams??? does the Klinsi hiring help push these guys towards our direction???
     
  24. sMiLeYz

    sMiLeYz Member

    Oct 17, 2008
    Baltimore
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Jurgen's hiring, the German reaction

    Theres probably doesn't need to be a very hard push, once they realize they have no chance of playing for Germany in a world cup.
     

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