They should have season ticket holders rotate for one week at the helm. They already have my money, so at least give me a sideline seat.
Finally listened to Grant Wahl's interview with Caleb Porter. While I think Porter came across as a bit of a self-absorbed jerk, if you listen to the whole thing, you can tell why he rejected KP's offer to coach DCU back in the day. Short answer: bad infrastructure, bad ownership and the DMV was not a place he wanted to live with his family.
Must be season ticket renewal season already. So Pineda is the lead candidate, and they talked to former RB Leipzig and Brondby coach Alex Zorniger Notably, Zorniger was at the helm at RB Leipzig for three years in the mid 2010s. Source tells me that as of now, Seattle assistant Gonzalo Pineda remains “the lead candidate.” #DCU— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) January 5, 2021
Zorniger was coach at Stuttgart in 2015 from May to November (not even half of the season). Stuttgart was not the best run club, but his coaching didn't help matters, either.
Welp, Vanney is off the market. The LA Galaxy announced today that Greg Vanney, who began his professional career as a player with the team, has been named head coach.https://t.co/K9dmPeEAu9— KFI AM 640 (@KFIAM640) January 6, 2021 As is Schmetzer. https://www.sounderatheart.com/2021/1/5/22215208/brian-schmetzer-agrees-to-new-contract-report-says Thx, Jay!
A take on Zorniger. Edit: Sounds like a no-nonsense, work your ass off kinda guy. Style of play: crazy direct, high press until the other team cries uncle or scores 5. Not really the beautiful game, but BL experience ain't nuthin'. I'm sure he'd make us a better team. Unless he's chilled out a degree or 10 since Brondby, I'd say he's not a great fit for a club that's working on its development path. He seems to be a guy who could build something through force of will - direction is a real question, though. I suspect he is rumored to be in the mix primarily to make the ownership look serious. I would still put my money on Pineda, although my heart is with Borrell. This guy just gives me Olsen vibes for some reason, but not the good ones. Like if Olsen had spent his formative years in a Turkish prison.
Do any of these fellers have actual coaching experience already? Yes? From one perspective, anyone with 60-seconds worth of actual experience is someone with 59.99999 seconds more than Ben had when we hired him. Anyway, carry-on with the trashing of their respective coaching tenures . . .
With a parsimonious ownership, we’re not going to get the likes of Bruce Arena, Caleb Porter or Sasho Cirovski. Actually, way more than a coach, D.C. United really needs Garth Lagerwey - as if that’s going to happen.
I would take Garth in a heartbeat. Got to sit down and talk with him for 45 minutes, one of my best DC united memories. And it was not just me asking him questions, we talked tactics.
Looks like Pineda is out. That leaves EZ as the only real choice. Anyone else seems like a desperation pick (though we are kinda there aren't we). Update on D.C. United coaching search: Seattle assistant Gonzalo Pineda will not get the job. Details to come. #dcu #mls— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) January 7, 2021 Update: of course now I find out that EZ was out already. This FO is just trash, hot fiery, shit filled, trash.
It's going to be Armas, it was always going to be Armas. This 'search' is fraudulent and only in response to the negative fan reaction once the first Armas leaks happened. The FO can say "hey, we tried" and hire their guy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/07/dc-united-coaching-search/ Get ready for Pat Noonan anyone? or not.
Ashton - this was all smoke and mirrors to keep Ashton in his interim role (as he is under contract) in another plague-blighted season. New coach in 2022?
Goff's article says that both Pineda and Armas are out. That leaves Noonan and Ashton in the running. Guess who gets the job? This FO is a giant dumpster fire, they will go cheap and keep Ashton because he's already under contract. Levien out, Kaplan out. Really, just fold the franchise -- I don't need to waste time and money on these shitheads. BTW, my new rep is Ben Herndon. Those guys cycle through DCU with a career life expectancy of fruitflies.