Does USSF keep Bob around for next summer's Gold Cup? If not, who are the top candidates to take over? Do they go for an interim or bring in someone who they think can lead them through Brazil 2014?
Time for a change in preparation for 2014. Bradley should finish out the year. Then replace him with Dominic Kinnear.
I like BB and I'm not going to bitch too much if they decide to keep him. But I believe we have to bring a foreign manager in.
Here is one major Attribute this guy needs and he should be Hired: "I DONT play Defensive panic ball from the start vs teams around our level. If he has that on his resume, he is the one.
we should make a change. i won't be devestated if Bob stays given the fact we did top our group, but it was Bob's tactics today that killed us. I'd look at Dom Kinnear.
I have no idea. Do we go MLS? Kinnear? Sigi? Nicol? Who knows man, but we need a change to make it fresh and get a new perspective. I wouldn't be against a foreign manager, but I'm not sure its "necessary"
I'm hoping this can be a serious discussion. What does the US Soccer fan want/expect from the manager? In the amount of time the manager has with the team, exactly how much skill building do you think someone is capable of doing? Do you expect a silk purse from a sow's ear? Whomever is the next USMNT manager is dealing with a dealt hand. What more can they do than try to maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses?
I expect a manager who has the following: 1. Is a good judge of talent/can call up and start the right players 2. Plays with the mindset that we can defeat any team/needs no "feeling out" time 3. Gets our defenders to be composed on the ball and be able to build the attack from there. If we can get that, it is what we need.
I love that people think "attack-minded" is the only thing that matters. We scored at least a goal in every game this tournament. We created plenty of scoring chances against each opponent - against good defenses. What undid us was our own poor defense. If anything, we need a more defensive-minded coach who doesn't allow our central defenders to get caught upfield then scramble back chaotically to cover counters all game.
Bob Bradley is probably the best coach in USMNT history. You can't put this loss on him. He and the team did about as well as anyone could ask of them given the talent we have. I think it's ridiculous to talk about replacing him, unless you want change for change's sake. We had our chances to score in regulation and almost pulled it off. A lucky bounce here or there and we'd be through. Ghana had more quality up front than we did, and that was the difference. Bob deserves another 4 years if he wants it.
Dom would be a solid choice. I'm not among the Bradley haters, but we learned from keeping Arena around too long that it makes sense to change coaches with each cycle, regardless of how well or poorly one does in the World Cup. Get new ideas and combat complacency. Even Italy had that problem this year.
I know BS wants some big foreign name, but US Soccer is mind meltingly unwieldy. We've got prospects in every corner of the globe, starters in every league in Europe (practically), and enough domestic youth to sort through to drive someone insane. Now, not all of that falls on the manager, but it's all connected. I'd still like Jurgen, but any other foreign coach would scare me. We're very, very weird in the soccer world, and that will never change.
Agreed 100%. We've got a lot of young players who deserve a fresh look by a manager. Plus, having to re-earn their spots could inspire our current leadership.
4 years is enough as a coach of a national team, more than that and you're asking for trouble, case in point Arena and most recently Marcello Lippi. Bob will not take the US to another level. Thanks Bob, but your time is up.