Why? Coaching is coaching regardless of where you are. However the differences in league rules and travel can be the hard thing to come to grips with, but not the actual coaching.
We still have Steve Ralston as an assistant and Chris as technical director. Both of them can provide the MLS perspective. I'm not concerned about him understanding MLS. They key is putting together a team which is greater than the sum of it's parts and acts as one. One Team!
Ah, I was in a hurry there. My concern is that a lot of Euro coaches have come over here and flamed out. There will be differences in the quality of play, the speed of thought, US soccer minds may not be as quick, and US players have a very different (and harder) work ethic. So my concern is that our new coaching staff might try some stuff that doesn't work. We'll see. I'm hopeful! I really think that we could have a good season in '18. But I'm still a little nervous. Go Quakes!! - Mark
Rest easy, Mark. It will be - for the first time since ‘08 - NEW and different than anything that came before. If 2018 is a mediocre year, so be it, but we are finally building a different identity than the team that so often disappointed us in the past. I gave the old-timers ten years, and it’s time do things differently. I’ll take a rebuilding year if we’re building something that looks more like ‘01-‘05, and not most of the time since ‘08.
So we got a guy who is in charge of the technical aspects of the club. Does that mean he will know how to technically improve the defense in not allowing 5 goals in a game but especially in a playoff match?
Technical director handles the lighting, camera angles, and the sound system. Maybe props too, unless that's the responsibility of the costume director.
Perhaps, but at least it's being built to a very different set of blueprints/specs for the FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS! That is enough for me right now. Let's see where we are next October.
Hey Mark, just to bring you up to speed, from what I've read lately, USA players are no longer considered more athletic and harder working than their international counterparts. I guess it started when Jurgen exported our fitness coaches to Germany, and now fitness and work rate is everywhere.
I think that was what opposing coaches and players said when they were trying to 'build up' their opponent. They had to say something positive. So they went with the only positives we had at the time. Since we had little skills or tactical sense, they went with the physicality and effort route. Sometimes communication is about what you DON'T say more than what you do say.
A technical director scouts and works with MLS to sign talent, manage the salary cap, negotiate new contracts with players or their agents, and oversee the academies. While a little dated, here is a good discussion on the topic: https://ussoccerplayers.com/2009/08/the-role-of-the-technical-director.html Responsibilities differ from team to team.
Ha ha! Clyde Crashcup could explain ANYthing!! Now, can someone tell me what the Q's Director of Methodology does?
Methodology: a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline : a particular procedure or set of procedures Next question!!
So the TD was the one who out to scout and sign Innocent , Lenny , Gordo , Wondo , Busch and discovered and rediscovered Simon Dawkins? I always thought that was Frank and John....
For teams without a TD, it would be the coach and GM. However, for teams with a TD, the coach is strictly focused on the performance of the team. Player development and acquisition is left to the GM/TD. Just depends on how they want to slice and dice the roles and responsibilities.
American players have an expectation that if you do well in practice, you get to play. That's a bit different than elsewhere where many players know they are going to start, and take it a little easier in practice. I think that's still a touch different. But yeah, our physical fitness methods have been exported, so maybe our guys won't that different after all. Of course, no lutefisk. Go Quakes!! - Mark
You are telling the coach is not involved in player acquisitions? I don’t believe that. If anything I’m sure he would be heavily involved on which players he wants to sign. I can’t imagine a manager wouldn’t be consulted. That is the case in every league in the world. If they pick another Edmondo Zura without consulting Stahre first, someone will be high tailing it back to Scandinavia!