Official “Is Brad Friedel bad at his job?” Thread

No, I was hoping Garcia saw the writing on the wall and got out the first chance he had. But I also knew that probably wasn't the case.

 

looks to be the next coach at Shalke

 

But look on the bright side. If they hired Brad Feldman as the coach they wouldn't have to get another jacket with his initials on it. Cost savings right there! And that is job #1 at Revs Central!

 

Yeah, this is Brad surrounding himself with people who are all keyed in to "Blackburn!". The last thing Mr. Friedel wants is someone around him who might actually be capable of leading the Revs to quality.

 

Tweet by MLS Rumors suggest Brad may have a few more games left to right the ship before the "consider" replacing him. My suggestion would be to scuttle the ship and build a new one

 

they should have been making a list of potential coaches 3 weeks ago for a moment like Saturday night. 6-1 is never acceptable. He should have been fired Sunday morning

 

They won't fire Friedel. Or Burns. The team needs time to "gel." And they would also have to pay out the remainder of his contract and whatever assistants they kick out as well.

And then they'd have to bring in a new coach and some new assistants. And then these guys would need the rest of the season to "evaluate" the players. And then, during the off-season, we'd get rid of Gil, Penilla, both Caicedos (because, who can even tell them apart, right?) and then bring in "his" guys.

Nah, it's a whole lot easier to just hope things get better. As the great philosopher Homer Simpson once said, "If you ignore a problem long enough, eventually it goes away."

 

Exactly. Friedel was hand-picked by Burns. Burns is at fault for this train wreck.

 

Getting rid of Friedel while Burns remains is not an acceptable outcome.

 

totally agree but you and I both know he has a job until he wants to quit

 

If true, these next few games could be epic in terms of how hard the team quits on Friedel. "Wait, all we've got to do is lose and he's gone?" I don't know exactly what's going on inside the Revs' locker room, but I'm pretty sure the players can't stand Friedel.

 

Well, they are playing Chicago, but it's away, so given their recent away form, there's a good chance they'd lose anyway.

 

I agree with the first part, but I think the 2nd is pure speculation (even though it's been repeated frequently).

And, I think it's a mistake to think of the whole roster as a monolithic group. A coach will almost always have some of the team in his corner - especially the guys who are getting playing time.

Certainly in the first half at Philly, they didn't give the impression at all that they didn't like the coach, didn't care, weren't trying, etc. I think what we saw was that when things started going badly, they didn't respond well. That shows a lack of confidence and a lack of leadership on the field IMO.

 

Talent-wise, the Revs have what I would consider a better roster than San Jose.

Yet, San Jose’s players are literally running themselves into the ground for their coach and their team. When they went down a man last weekend with 40+ minutes left, they gutted it out for the win.

The Revs may begin games OK, but the second things start going wrong, they fold up like a cheap tent in an F5 tornado. If players don’t believe in a system or don’t believe they can win or can’t make in-game adjustments to deal with adversity, then that failure falls squarely on the coach and speaks to something wrong beyond just results.

 

This team has been quitting on Friedel like he was cigarettes. I'm sure there's a wide variety of opinions on him in the locker room. Don't think there's close to 11 guys who buy into what he's selling. He comes across as a uniquely annoying human.

 

You mean to tell me they haven't ALREADY quit on him, and it could get worse? Friedel is awful. And his schtick of throwing the team under the bus, citing their mentality, was abysmal. Honestly, that excuse was far more of a shot than either Hudson or Koch saying that their players were not good enough players. To attack their character in the manner Friedel did ... he should have been the first coach out the door. I can't believe there is a single person left defending this clown.

 

Yes, this.

Not to me, he doesn't. If he affects you that way, I think you're projecting.

 

Friedel has had mixed success with player acquisitions, but at least he has proven that he has connections like no other person in Revs' history and I have little confidence that the Revs could hire anyone else with any kind of connections. So, maybe move Friedel to GM and let someone else handle the on-field duties?

Not ideal, but perhaps realistic?

 

People used to say Heaps would be a better GM than a coach. He hasn't been at Birmingham very long, but we'll see how that pans out.

By contrast, anyone remember the time when the Revs were up a goal and up a man at halftime and still lost? How many times have you ever seen that happen? Yeah, talk about "mentality"

The thing is, most of our aquisitions are good the first year and then fall off the cliff thereafter. This goes back before Friedel, but off the top of my head, we've had Goncalves, Tony Delamea was pretty good his first year, Penilla was good last year (what happened?), and I seriously wonder if Carles Gil is going to swan-dive next year.

Maybe we should sign all these guys to one-year contracts

 

I don't see light at the end of the tunnel. What can Friedel do now? Let Fagundez and Zahibo out of the dog house? That's going to right the ship? He should have put more pressure on Blooter to improve the roster.
It was a real bad sign when they brought Agudelo back with a pay hike.