maybe it is a bit early for 'dolo, but, perhaps unlike berhalter, 'dolo has put in a lot more coaching "dues" (several years in the german system with hannover and germany youth) prior to getting his UEFA pro license (i presume berhalter needed that to coach hammarby). an mls cup in his first season in charge suggests his 7 years of german coaching was good training.
Calm down bud....no one is eating your lunch. Did Stewart pick Berthalter 4 years ago? Is that the best they got after a supposedly comprehensive International search? Did the Fed interview anyone else? I say incompetent very leniently, more like collusion. Do you honestly think McBride and Stewart call all the shots? Do you know who run the Fed, who the executives and directors are?
I’d describe a hire that delivers two regional trophies and gets out of a WC group where all four teams are ranked in the top 20 as competent.
Which coach who isn't cognitively challenged plays the same way no matter which team they manage? Is there such a person? I don't think Bento is cognitively challenged.
Jose Mourinho… I know he’d been mentioned before but I’d be curious to see what he’s do with this group of players. I think he is gettable too
Experience is overrated for national team coaches. There have been lots of good national team performances from coaches with limited or unsuccessful head coaching experience.
Zidane won three Champions League in his first real coaching job. And that was in club football, of course.
A JV federation would keep Berhalter after quite frankly the bare minimum required to get into the Group stage. Let’s not be a JV federation
Oh lord. Part of me thinks it’d be fun and funny, sort of like people who voted for Trump because they thought it’d be funny. But if you don’t like GGG for being too conservative, you’re gonna hate Jose. And Jose hates developing young players. I’d rather have GGG or Juergen.
poking my nose in for no discernable reason- dolo has extensive experience as an assistant and at youth/b team levels in germany in addition to his inarguably above average year in mls. i absolutely agree thats not the same as being the manager for a year and half in sweden and however many years in colombus (3, 4, 9?) but- the idea that dolo is a complete neophyte is bordering on disingenuous at best.
so a guy almost as defense first, second and third as gregg who has long sense given up even bothering coaching up young guys? what could possibly go wrong?
He’s still waaaaayyy more experienced and competent than Berhalter. The two aren’t even in the same league.
well obviously, who in their right mind would argue against that? id take a yellow lab wearing a whistle and a little hat that says "coach" over a second cycle for gregg. that doesnt change what a terrible fit the former great one is with our pool, though.
The US job, is likely going to have an interim or placeholder manager just like it did in 2018. Jim Curtin ain't walking through that door next month. If the USSF wasn't willing to buyout Earnie Stewart's contract from the Philly Union to get him in place sooner, they damn sure aren't going to pay to buy out Curtin's contract, which I believe he re-upped for 2 years. Also, Curtin has coached under Stewart before. He's been a much better coach working with Tanner, and has had far less restrictions. A lot of fans are overlooking or not factoring in that the US's playing style is coming down from Stewart. The timing of this World Cup, is bad for immediate coaching hires. January is typically a month where club jobs become available..... Maybe bring in Juan Carlos Osorio in the interim? IF Man City wins the Champions League this year or Next, then maybe the US could convince Pep to take over in 2024. It'd give him a sudo break. He could live in relative anonymity in the US, and the US job doesn't have nearly the pressure of other national team jobs, like Spain, or Mexico. That's the other problem for the US in hiring a coach, Mexico needs one too......
I agree on the Stewart thing and I would love an answer to that. Not sure how many people here are aware of such a Union specific thing, but around 2018 under Stewart when Curtin was pressed on why the team has no Plan B, there was some quote from Stewart to the effect of "It's too complicated for professionals to learn a second formation." So Stewart seemed to strictly demand a specific formation, I wonder how strictly he demands that from the NT as well?