Yes-college baseball situation https://www.si.com/college/tamu/new...cision-to-leave-texas-a-m-aggies-01j1j9q80c8w I basically don’t believe anything I hear regarding coaching matters unless given a very good reason to change my mind.
Depends on the culture and any agreements. For example, Julen Lopetegui, the coach of Spain at the time, got fired just before the '18 World Cup after the announcement he would take over the Real Madrid job.
I think most people would be very happy with Poch. But if we don't ultimately succeed in hiring him, I just hope we don't let other good options slip away while we're holding out for him.
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For the most part other than Matarazzo and some MLS options I think we’re mostly talking to coaches without jobs without lots of other options. Many of the candidates would probably take the England job over the US but England seems like they are going to name an interim and wait. On Pochettino if we’ve identified him as our top option and we’re having discussions about that should happen fairly quickly either way. I’ve said this before but Argentinian managers also seem to be more broadly willing to manage national teams that aren’t their own (and made up almost half of the Copa America mangers). Pochettino is different in that he has lots of European experience but just something I’ve thought about.
Mauricio Pochettino is one of the top candidates for the @USMNT job 🇺🇸@PaulTenorio joins CBS Sports Golazo Network with the latest on the USMNT's search for a head coach 👀 pic.twitter.com/xEMt3pJG0F— Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) August 8, 2024 “Pochettino would be the biggest coaching hire that this program has ever made.”@PaulTenorio joins CBS Sports Golazo Network to break down what hiring Mauricio Pochettino could mean for the USMNT 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/IPX3fwRHuL— Golazo America (@GolazoAmerica) August 8, 2024
It seems kind of weird that reporting on Pochettino being a top candidate is coming out right now. After Klopp turned them down, I would think that Pochettino would be right in the next tier of big name coaches without jobs you'd talk to before getting to Matarazzo, Cherundolo, Vieira, Nancy, etc. Maybe Pochettino realized he isn't getting the England job and is now more open to the US.
I imagine that it being likely England won’t hire a coach for a bit has made him more likely to entertain discussions.
There were actually multiple reports early on that the US was interested in and had inquired about Pochettino. They came from the Argentinian and English press, rather than US reporters. But US insiders have also been very tight lipped (or just simply in the dark) about the candidates, for the most part, until now.
In the Wheel of Time series the Aes Sedai go through a process where the cannot lie. However the truth they tell you may not be what you actually hear. Meaning if a coach was incapable of lying they would take that question and convince themself that you mean at this very second knowing it's not until tomorrow. Voila no lie!
Can confirm Paul's reporting, not that he needs me to. #USMNT https://t.co/tIsXWOWDCy— Doug McIntyre (@ByDougMcIntyre) August 8, 2024
I’m actually surprised that Pochettino could have this level of interest in an international job. You’d have to think he’s the top choice for most big clubs if they sack a coach early in the season (cough, Man United, cough). If this is true, my reading of the tea leaves is Poch didn’t want to wait for a club job, and he’s learned England is “Pep or bust”. I could be wrong, but it sure seems like England is ready to move heaven and earth to get Pep if he’s done at City after this season.
Pochettino is basically the best case scenario -- considering his tactics, he'd be better than Pep, better than Klopp IMO, for this role. I can't imagine he'd take this job when there's something like England available and the sword of damocles hanging over Ten Hag at United. That said, hopefully they just pitch him on the 2 year project so we can really see the impact of the top tier coach. Personally... I'd really love to see the excuses and bullshit here when the US still doesn't make a semifinal run in 2026.
Seems right on England. Man U has also on multiple occasions come close to hiring him and backed off so he may feel burned by them. Amongst the rest of the big 6 he just left Chelsea, he’d never go to Arsenal (and Arteta isn’t going anywhere), he’s not going back to Tottenham, Pep is sticking around for this season at least at City, and Liverpool just hired a new coach who will get some time. He also will never go to Barcelona because of his time in Espanyol and if/when Madrid moves on from Ancelotti Xabi Alonso is going to be their first call. He may just seem the landscape of big jobs as nothing likely to come to fruition soon so no harm in managing internationally for two years and see how things shake out.
Semis are the new quarters, considering the modern changes in the tournament. Guarantee you beating a beatable team and getting to the quarters will not be good enough for many people here -- a number of them still bring up "not progressing in 2022", despite US losing to the Netherlands, a greatly superior team. Sections of BS don't tend to deal well with context in general.
Per Doug McIntyre so far the US has met with Pooch, Matterazo, Viera, and Southgate since the position opened... and Klopp
Meanwhile still some England chatter though they are expected to name their U21 coach as interim for the time being NEW 🚨 Mauricio Pochettino emerges as leading candidate to be next England manager✍️ @samcunningham https://t.co/d8W4W0LrK4— i sport (@iPaperSport) August 8, 2024
The way it’s phrased in the article is” initial conversations with either directly or through intermediaries.”
Interestingly he also said we were hoping to finalize things with Matarazzo this week but he decided to stay with Hoffenheim. Not sure why you wouldn’t offer the job to Pochettino first (and I like Matarazzo).