I think teams like Juve, Chelsea, Rangers, who are handing coaching jobs to players who have barely stepped off the field is a bit insane. I'll also say that managing tournaments is much more different than 9 month seasons. There's a reason there are guys who don't translate from club to country jobs and vice versa. Berhalter treats the NT like he has them every day for 10 months gobbling up his shit and that he'll someday buy a player to back up the key areas where we have maybe 1 guy who is capable.
Diego Flores left Yorkshire in the past few days and Leeds haven't commented on what he's up to. Nobody seems to know what he's up to. Is he here interviewing with DCU? Probably not, but would be cool.
Against Thailand, it was Ertz, Mewis, Lavelle and Horan Against Chile, it was Ertz, Horan and Brian Against Sweden, it was Mewis, Horan, Lavelle Against Spain, Ertz, Mewis, Horan, Lavelle Against France, same Against England, same Against Holland, Ertz, Mewis, Lavelle Looking at that, Lindsay Horan started all but the final. I guess she played a larger role than you and I both remember.
It is obvious that a new coach alone will not fix anything. We need a new management structure from the groundskeeper to the physio, to the coach, and the GM. Everything needs to be in sync and a plan put together and that team needs the resources and the patience to try and make it work.
Yes, and how nice it would be if we could replicate a management/coaching team like Toronto's, where the Head Coach (Greg Vanney) is also the Technical Director, while Ali Curtis is the General Manager under the team President. Or if we could poach John Thorrington and maybe Ante Razov from LAFC. No, I'm not drinking; just dreaming...
Just looking at DC's front office staff listing gives me a headache. It's about 3/4 the size of most and everyone's either a Director, a Manager or a Coordinator of something like "Brand Management." The technical side makes more sense. The bulk of them fall under "Medical Staff."
I see many names with distinguished playing and coaching resumes in our wish list, but sometimes that just isn't enough. Charlie Davies on Extratime puts the blame for the LA Galaxie's last place woes directly on the shoulders of Head Coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto - and his resume is top drawer. I'm sure there are many examples of coaches with minimal experience who weren't top level players but who turned out to be very effective coaches/managers.
So I saw a tweet saying that Chicharito arrived in LA and went straight into max Zlatan mode talking to no one but which ever dos Santos brother remains. That can’t be good for team chemistry.
4 - @LAGalaxy have scored 4 goals in the 652 minutes Chicharito Hernández has been on the pitch this season. Aimless. pic.twitter.com/xxxJyXKCwO— OptaJack⚽️ (@OptaJack) October 15, 2020 LA points per game in Chicharito starts: 0.1PPG when he doesn't: 1.6 https://t.co/KRxNEt8aVk— Ben Baer (@BenBaer89) October 15, 2020
DC looking at several black head coach candidates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/10/18/dc-united-evaluating-black-coaches/?outputType=amp
This fluff piece from our publicist sounds nice but we all know it’s crap. I doubt any of these candidates are legit but this is an attempt to get in front of the issue before they hire a white guy.
Ezra Hendrickson may be worth a look. But if United wants to overhaul management, there is no better path then firing Kasper and make Sacho Cirovski head coach and GM, to give him a salary worth leaving UMd. And throw in technical director too. Pretty sure he'd be the only Macedonian-Canadian in league management!
I hope DCU is serious in its diversity attempts. I don't know Hendrickson as a coach, but I always will think highly of him because in 2004, he played in the Eastern Conference final in place of Ryan Nelsen who had to sit due to yellow card accumulation. Held down the fort in the best match I've ever seen (although the Lucho hat trick Buzzard Beater in 2018 comes close).
I would love to have him involved, I just don't see coaching anywhere on his resume (so I'm not sure it's something he's interested in/focused on). Maybe in the booth, or as a community amabassador?
Tulsa FC Statement: A statement from our club president on @michaelnsien's talks with D.C. United. pic.twitter.com/9Xj981Hdzr— FC Tulsa (@FCTulsa) October 20, 2020
It's because he Huddersfield Town promoted to the Premier League and managed to keep them up for a season. That still holds a lot of credit, moreso than anything that happened at Schalke (who are awful even without Wagner due to financial restrictions the club has imposed on itself).
When he joined Huddersfield, they barely avoided relegation on the last day of the season. The next season or so, he got them promoted to the EPL. In his first season in the EPL, the club did not spend any money, or very little. The team had the least talented squad in the league and he avoided relegation the first time around. Another big accomplishment considering the resources. He had a bad spell at Shalke, no doubt. Aside from those minor successes, he has a clear and distinct philosophy, something we need.
I don't know much about him, but he doesnt seem to have a lot of experience st the highest level in America. Has anybody seen what he's done with Tulsa?