“The ending game was disappointing; the season itself was not disappointing.” This is a coach who is content with mediocrity. He has to go.
He is clueless -- this season I was glad to be out of the country for 3 months during the swoon. Just back in time to see DCU unable to score on a 9 man Cincy team. Levien won't fire him, because he still has to pay him and the next coach he hires. Just look at what Vanney has done with Toronto this postseason. There are other coaches out there who know what they are doing, DCU doesn't have one.
I think the quote was referring to the notion that there was a lot going on behind closed doors and that the team managed to do OK in spite of all that. Which is probably kind of fair. But he still has to go. There's no point in starting a multi-year rebuild with a coach who's had a decade and hasn't exactly lit the league on fire. I'd LOVE to see Benny go to some low budget European team that needs a coach who can get the best out of a bad lineup. That would be great for all parties.
Don't think so. When he says: “But when i go through all of this stuff,” Olsen said, lifting the stack of stat sheets in front of him, “It was a good season.” . . .that strongly suggests he's talking about team performance on an absolute scale.
It wasn't an easy year. Rooney was really good in maybe five games, and relatively unimpactful in the run of play for much of the season. But, his set piece play made him worth the start regardless. That's our talismanic DP. Arriola was a powerful force when he was on the field, but we needed him to finish, and he really wasn't good at that. Lucho regressed badly, for a number of reasons, I think. Mora's injury nearly sent us into a death spiral. In the end, the only bright spot was our central defense. Olsen can feel good about using that to stabilize the ship. I'll give him credit there. Coming out of the break, a playoff berth was not a given. But, why are we so fragile? I feel like we have a good foundation. Our floor is a low-mid table team. But everything we try to build on top of that just crumbles. That's the conundrum of Olsen as a coach.
It's not a conundrum -- it's Olsen. Look at NDL, Olsen cut him adrift -- Toronto took him in the first phase of reentry which meant they paid full freight for him. Vanney realized there was value there and look how he was rewarded. Look, having a team bunker and counter is relatively easy, if you play with 11 behind the ball it's hard for the other to team to score, period. Especially when you have the best shot stopper in the league between the posts. It's getting the scoring touch out of players that is hard. Arriola hasn't progressed there. NDL regressed here after his first season. No one has gotten better, they've either stayed the same or regressed. Not a conundrum, just an indictment of Olsen's limitations as a coach.
really this needs it's own thread??? "we sucked in extra time, we played without heart or skill!!" no coach ever said..................
Not me DeLeon wasn't a starter imho. He also shouldn't be a swiss army knife you deploy at random positions to avoid signing talent/depth at those spots. Give him a defined role/confidence and quality teammates. It was a real head scratcher for me why he lost his cutting edge while here in DC (w/ regard to finishing and threatening 1v1s). Some of that most DEFINITELY falls at Nicks feet, still i wondered if some regression was due to our coaching staff His time in Toronto makes clear that the problem was more Benny than Nick. And it adds clarity to situation of past players Olsen & co "didn't rate". Our talent evaluation is kinda suspect.
I see four options covered here: 1) Pay Nick the $175k and start him 2) Pay him and make him a swiss army knife 3) Pay him and make him a backup 4) let him go I'm not saying (3) is the worst of those options, but I don't think it's the best one.
A quick google turns up quotes from every coach I tried: Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Carlo Ancelotti, Thomas Tuchel . . . After a 1-0 loss, "It is a fantastic result for us tonight considering the performance. We could have lost by more goals. I think we were lucky to only lose 1-0. We just didn't play well." -- Sir Alex Ferguson
Maybe they should continuously run statistics on the big screen during games, so supporters have something entertaining to watch.
Come on Bennie. Think about what you just said. The last two games of the season were absolutely horrible. We basically collapsed down the stretch and the team underperformed AGAIN.
I remember thinking that we should not have left NDL go. Even as a sub had clearly impacted the game.
Actually The Three Stooges would have greater comedic value and some folks, if they had enough adult beverages, might mistake the videos for a replay of action on the pitch......