MLS Coaching and Front Office - News & Discussion Thread 2019

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by xbhaskarx, Jan 4, 2019.

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The next MLS coach to get fired will be...

Poll closed Jul 4, 2019.
  1. Adrian Heath

    23 vote(s)
    29.1%
  2. Alan Koch

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Anthony Hudson

    9 vote(s)
    11.4%
  4. Ben Olsen

    3 vote(s)
    3.8%
  5. Brad Friedel

    8 vote(s)
    10.1%
  6. Brian Schmetzer

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Domenec Torrent

    11 vote(s)
    13.9%
  8. Frank de Boer

    10 vote(s)
    12.7%
  9. Giovanni Savarese

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Greg Vanney

    1 vote(s)
    1.3%
  11. Guillermo Barros Schelotto

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  12. James O'Connor

    6 vote(s)
    7.6%
  13. Jim Curtin

    7 vote(s)
    8.9%
  14. Luchi Gonzalez

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  15. Marc Dos Santos

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  16. Matias Almeyda

    2 vote(s)
    2.5%
  17. Mike Petke

    1 vote(s)
    1.3%
  18. Remi Garde

    2 vote(s)
    2.5%
  19. Veljko Paunovic

    9 vote(s)
    11.4%
  20. Wilmer Cabrera

    1 vote(s)
    1.3%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. POdinCowtown

    POdinCowtown Member+

    Jan 15, 2002
    Columbus
    Probably not. The difference applies when the University is doing something. Private schools generally have more leeway.

    Various colleges notoriously sell admissions to donors so maybe the theory of the case here is that the schools were deprived of their rightful bribes, err donations?
     
  2. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  3. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  4. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Kreis to coach U-23s?

    With Olympic qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo games coming up later this year, U.S. Soccer is reportedly in talks with Jason Kreis to become the next U-23 US national team manager.

    Kreis currently is working with 2020 MLS expansion team Inter Miami as part of their technical staff, and Paul Tenorio of The Athletic reported on Friday that USSF are in negotiations to hire Kreis.

    The 46-year-old, who was a US international as a player, has previously managed Real Salt Lake, NYCFC and Orlando City. After being fired by Orlando in June 2018, he's been out of management, but was hired by Inter Miami in January. Tenorio's report indicates that if hired, Kreis would work both roles.

    Preparations for the U-23 USMNT are ramping up, with a training camp expected to meet this month and the Concacaf qualifying tournament tentatively scheduled for October.​
     
  5. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wonder HOW bad it must get before Paunovic and Rodriguez get FIRED?
     
  6. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  7. dougtee

    dougtee Member+

    Feb 7, 2007
    maybe Fenway sports group could take the revs off the krafts hands
     
  8. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    and have them play in Fenway Park.:eek:
     
  9. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  10. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


     
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  11. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who was #2 on Atlanta's coaching list?
     
  12. PTFC in KCMO

    PTFC in KCMO Member+

    Aug 12, 2012
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Drunk homeless guy living in the local park?
     
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  13. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Hey man, I'm not homeless, I've got the park.
     
  14. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    That's... a good point.
     
  15. GunnerJacket

    GunnerJacket Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 18, 2003
    Gainesville, GA
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Crazy pills phenomena - Why is everyone piling on FdB and no one (besides me, seemingly) is laying blame at either Pity Martinez (for lack of productivity on the pitch) or Carlos Bocanegra (for offloading Garza and not matching a roster and coach that better fit. Allegedly)? As a man who has literally clapped his hands to the point of bleeding over the past week with 3 games I'm looking at the product on the field and failing to see how it's a problem with "the system" vs the dynamic of players who are missing passes, not making runs, and having lapses on defense. What am I missing?
     
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  16. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Brek Shea. ;)
     
  17. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I’ve watched most games this year (one way or another) and the team that seems the most hopeless to me is the Quakes. Obviously they sucked last year so the new coach had little to work with but man they seem atrocious. I wonder how long he gets.
     
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  18. Gamecock14

    Gamecock14 Member+

    May 27, 2010
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    If you look at parts of Brek Shea's game, he should be the best left back in the league. If you watch 90 minutes of Brek Shea, you question if he should be on the field.
     
  19. Bluecat82

    Bluecat82 Member+

    Feb 24, 1999
    Minneapolis, MN
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Adrian Heath.
     
  20. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Darlington Nagbe of defenders?
     
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  21. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think that's a bad comparison when Darlington Nagbe does some things better than anyone else in the league... Brek Shea on the other hand (as I've said before), is an underachieving f*ckup who had 3.5 good months back in 2011 and has been coasting on that ever since.

    Nagbe:


    Shea:
     
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  22. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Quakes been hopeless for a while now.

    Mikael Stahre had like the second worst win percentage in MLS history after some Chivas USA coach. He was fired and replaced by Steve Ralston, who failed to win a single game at the end of last season. And so far in 2019 Matias Almeyda is 0 for 3.

    0 points -7 goal differential and it doesn't get any easier, their next 6:
    vs LAFC
    vs Portland
    @ Houston
    vs Sporting KC
    @ Seattle
    @ FC Dallas

    Fortunately after that comes FC Cincinnati... wait they just got 4 points in their last two games against the MLS Cup finalists :eek:

    The Quakes season could be done by early May.

    Given how bad they've been under three straight coaches, the problem has to be higher up the food chain, GM Jesse Fioranelli is responsible for their crap roster, and he hired the coaches. Fioranelli's head should be on the chopping block before Almeyda's.
     
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  23. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As far as coaches who could be in trouble, James O'Connor still only has two wins since taking over in Orlando City (that's 20 games now)...
     
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  24. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hopefully Paunovic, currently 0-1-2 (WTL) next two games vs. NYRB and @ Toronto. Easily could lose both of them 0-1-4, 1 point in 5 games.
     
  25. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah but they just signed Gaitan so that probably buys him at least until the summer. If they hadn't lost both their fullbacks (Polster to Scotland, Vincent to retirement at age 24), they would actually have a good lineup...
     

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