MLS coaches (current and potential) and coaching thread

The Mike Petke Coaches Show: March 13, 2018

 

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MLS Confidential: Players polled on U.S. failure, salaries, pro/rel, overrated, underrated players

Other answers:

Gregg Berhalter: 12%
Tata Martino: 12%
Bob Bradley: 10%
Jesse Marsch: 8%
Greg Vanney: 8%
Peter Vermes: 7%
Other: 18%
No answer: 2%

What the players said:
"Vanney. Toronto is a team of leaders and guys who are definitely invested in the direction of the team and drive that team forward, but it takes a certain type of manager to bring all those leaders together."

"Vieira because of all the experience he's had winning things."



Other answers:
Ben Olsen: 9%
Oscar Pareja: 9%
Peter Vermes: 8%
Sigi Schmid: 7%
Adrian Heath: 6%
Jesse Marsch: 6%
Veljko Paunovic: 6%
Other: 22%
No answer: 16%

What the players said:
"I don't think myself and a handful of players saw eye-to-eye with [Cabrera] and, in return, basically never saw the field. I think maybe he was a grudge holder."

"[Olsen is] a pretty good motivational, but I need someone to give me the tactics and X's and O's."

"Whoever is coaching New England -- doesn't matter which coach it is."​

lol

 

System is the star: How Berhalter crafted Crew SC

Revs hail increased professionalism under Friedel
uh...

 

Wow, that might be the dumbest quote I've read all week.

 

Sporting KC has allowed nine goals in its first three games and eight minutes this season.

Last year, SKC allowed nine goals in its first 13 games.

— Paul Carr (@PaulCarr) March 25, 2018

Should #SportingKC be concerned about its defense? A closer look:https://t.co/lAXKuJ1ziA

— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) March 24, 2018

"Peter Vermes scoffed at the idea that Sporting KC's defense is a concern." #COLvSKC https://t.co/CafCx9p2Ms

— Matthew Doyle (@MattDoyle76) March 25, 2018

#Vermes4USMNTcoach

 

Interesting discussion... I decided to rank all 23 MLS coaches by splitting them into quartiles, so here are my four tiers with 6,6,6,5:

My ranking based on how they're doing right now and in recent history:

Tier 1
Greg Vanney
Patrick Vieira
Gregg Berhalter
Jesse Marsch
Tata Martino
Bob Bradley

Tier 2
Mike Petke
Wilmer Cabrera
Oscar Pareja
Peter Vermes
Brian Schmetzer
Veljko Paunovic

Tier 3
Carl Robinson
Remi Garde
Giovanni Savarese
Mikael Stahre
Sigi Schmid
Jason Kreis

Tier 4
Anthony Hudson
Adrian Heath
Jim Curtin
Brad Friedel
Ben Olsen


Ranking based on who I'd want coaching my expansion MLS team:

Tier 1
Jesse Marsch
Greg Vanney
Patrick Vieira
Gregg Berhalter
Bob Bradley
Tata Martino

Tier 2
Oscar Pareja
Giovanni Savarese
Remi Garde
Mike Petke
Wilmer Cabrera
Jason Kreis

Tier 3
Mikael Stahre
Brian Schmetzer
Anthony Hudson
Peter Vermes
Veljko Paunovic
Carl Robinson

Tier 4
Jim Curtin
Adrian Heath
Sigi Schmid
Ben Olsen
Brad Friedel

I think the top six coaches are pretty clear, whatever the order. It's crazy how quickly we've gone from the west dominating for half a decade to around five of the top six rosters and five of the top six coaches being in the east... Part of that is the Galaxy's decline over the last 18 months, Pareja / Dallas falling off a cliff six months ago, Porter and Arena not coaching currently (although I wouldn't have either in my top six), my anti-Vermes bias, and ranking Schmetzer quite low because he's just so bland...

 

Dynamo sign Jordan, Cabrera to extensions

Best expansion team ever? Schmid puts his Sounders up vs. Bradley's Fire

“Certainly, there's a lot of things that speak for Chicago, because they won the double that year,” Schmid said Tuesday as the Galaxy began preparations for Saturday afternoon's clash at StubHub Center. “And you've got to say that. But it was also a year in which the league was only [in its third season] and at that time you only had, what, was it 10 teams or so? It was a different time."
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What, Chicago was 2nd out of 6 teams... even Atlanta finishing 4th out of 11 teams is more impressive than Seattle's 3rd out of 8...

 

Steven Goff calling out DC's horrible record... will Ben Olsen make it to the opening of Audi Field?

D.C. United's record in MLS regular season and playoffs since late in the 2016 season:

9-25-7 (34 of a possible 123 points)

Victories: Atlanta (3), Philadelphia, NYCFC, Vancouver, Colorado, New England, San Jose

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) April 2, 2018

Goal differential: 40 for, 78 against (-38)

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) April 2, 2018