Alert: Gregg Berhalter Sporting Director and Head Coach Career Deathwatch or should that be "Nut Rider?"

Over/under of him keeping both jobs is 2 years and I’ll take the under.

Oh wait, seeing how long we gave Heitz / Klopas maybe I better go with the over.

 

All aboard!

 

kinda crazy how loose the team is with job titles

N-Rod was General Manager, then GM and President, then just President when Hetiz was signed

Hetiz was Sporting Director and Pelzer Technical Director, with a rotating cast of Presidents

GGG is now Director of Football and Frank is VP of football, unclear if Pelzer will stick around

 

a few tweets:

Expect an entirely new roster for next season. Some pieces will stick around, but a good chunk will be moved out. Gregg’s plan doesn’t involve most of these guys.

— TR (@TyrusRoseCF97) October 8, 2024

gonna take a little wizardry to create significant turnover on the roster given the contract status of many guys -- I hope it happens, but need some sucker teams to take on some of our hard-to-move contracts

I would not be surprised if the Fire make Juve an offer they can’t refuse for Wes.

— Matthew Doyle (@MattDoyle76) October 8, 2024

I like Wes and his role for the USMNT but he is not the type of guy I think you build around in MLS

we need to find our Cucho who can make plays for others and score -- Wes is very good, but I don't think he fits that role and is better suited as a supporting player in big time leagues -- fwiw, Cucho has a Transfermarkt value is $15M and Wes' is $28M, but for MLS I think the Cucho-type player is much more valueable


that said, GGG seems to play a very rigid system with an emphasis on player role and responsibility instead of individual creativity (a slight bummer as a fan, but if it leads to wins then no sweat)

 

Always Malort and Rubber Dick. Now, and forever.

 

Like many soccer head coaches, GGG has his fans and his critics. I happen to think he has a number of characteristics that will be helpful in his new position. How successful will he be? Only time will tell. Keep in mind that, despite his dual position, there will still be a number of factors he will not control. And of, there is always luck.
Is he best in world- clearly no. Is he the best theFire could get at this time-possibly.
Whatever his abilities, whatever your past opinion of him, today he deserves the full support of every Fire fan.

 

Bring Malort Rubber Dicks and Diddy Parties at the Berhalter house

 

Pretty much my thoughts exactly.

It's a loooow bar Gregg - use some of those limited edition Jordan's to clear it!

 

OHH WAIT - maybe he'll have to be an Adidas guy now?

THE HORROR!

 

WIZARDRY! Maybe he can get GrandGarber to add some juju to the effort....going to need it!

I half-disagree...we desperately need a CM like Wes...AND we need a DP forward.

 

GGG will get La Maquina Roja rolling, then turn it over to Josh Wolff after he wins MLS Cup 2026.

 

Malik Tillman is cheaper and better and just might light a fire (no pun intended) under Guti. Sell them both for $50 million total after the Fire win MLS Cup 2026 and the US gets 3rd in WC2026.

 

i think it can be challenging to know how different skillsets will fare in MLS compared to a top flight league -- it's why a guy with supreme skills like Shaq can't succeed

the one template that seems to work over and over is the attacking midfielder with speed, vision, and creativity like Cucho, Carles Gil, Riqui Puig, Carlos Vela, Hany Mukhtar, Luciano Acosta, Dániel Gazdag, Thiago Almada, and so on

we desperately need a guy like that

 

We need speed.

 

Wait, according to Tyrus GGG has a plan.
What is this "plan" of which he speaks. I have heard of such a thing, but have not actually seen one on my journeys to Fire matches.

 

Unfortunately that's not Acosta...
Be interesting to see if Lassiter's speed earns him an offer...

 

Lassiter & MHS are nice squad players.

 

Would make sense that this has "been in the works" and not starting from zip...

 

I hope it is a three year championship plan that is reevaluated on a yearly basis..................................................actually I don't really care that much anymore seeing as this year is the first time since 1997 that I did not watch any Chicago Fire soccer games live or on tv.

 

If either of them played good D they'd be great squad players!

But if GGG sticks with his 4-3-3 they could be played as forwards...