News: Sunil Gulati Accepts Full Responsibility, Will Suffer Good Ol' Boy Justice

He didn't even have the balls or the respect to face the public.

He held a conference call with selected media members and censored those who might ask too hard of a question as as we all know, the entire culture surrounding the establishment is soft and you better fall in line or you'll lose access.

 

I'm happy Arena resigned, because Gulati didn't deserve the opportunity to fire him and count that as a credit in his favor.

 

I loved that cockroaches reference, bo

 

Epic post!

 

Jeff Carlisle was not impressed with Gulati's press conference today and states that Gulati should step down.

http://www.espnfc.us/team/united-st...-world-cup-failure-and-so-should-sunil-gulati

 

The danger now is that we don't get 2026 precisely because of Gulati.

When FIFA smells that Gulati is in a vulnerable position, they may find it easy to strike a blow against him.

Having failed at everything else, it is only logical that he would fail at the 2026 bid as well.

 

I really don't think FIFA has much of a choice, but it's possible.

 

I just reviewed the situation in my mind and, if I'm not mistaken, it really is the America's turn - especially after Sunil lost the previous "can't lose" bid when, I guess, South Africa won it.

Sunil finally figured out something he could get done. Big whoop.

 

There is absolutely noting positive that Gulati has done soccer-wise.

It's all graft.

He's an embarrassment to players and an icon to the corrupt yes-men like Flynn.

 

Bring in Clinton, bring in Obama if we need to for that WC 2026 bid. Don't need Gulati.

 

Gulati doesn't understand that he's not being asked to resign but told to do so. Get on with it, Sunil.

 

Waking up every morning and realizing that we won't be in Russia......I just want this arrogant and incompetent p*****ck to go away.

 

If Good Ole Boy Carlisle is ripping on him, you know it's an issue. This guy doesn't question ANYTHING wrt US soccer.

I said it before, Roger Goodell and Gulati must be brothers. Both universally hated, both holding to power with seemingly no repercussions to awful performance, both thinking they have "led" the sport's impressive growth, not realizing it would have happened without them.

We know NFL owners prop up Goodell as a shield for themselves.

Who the hell is propping up Gulati? And how can we assist in getting rid of this little arrogant toad?

 

FIFA,MLS,,women s soccer want him.
The moneymen are on the fence.

 

It was Qatar 2022.

 

I get the general frustration with Gulati, but I really hope people arent seriously citing the failure of the US to get the 2022 World Cup as a knock on his resumé. We all know what that was about, and it was not about Gulati.

 

Going all in when the other guy has marked aces is not winning strategy.It is in fact,a losing strategy.
People who do losing strategies are losers.

 

Seriously. We know that WC bids aren't really about merit anyhow. Sending a popular former POTUS for a couple photo ops with FIFA brass should seal the deal as long as no other petro-state is dumping money secretly into their bank accounts.

Alternatively, why couldn't Gulati still organize the bid even if he's not USSF president?

 

Anyone have a link to an audio replay of the conference call?

 

The resignation would have symbolic resonance. Much like the tenure.

 

Nope...it was about the green men on Mars.

 

They are just as likely a candidate as Gulati for why the US didnt get the 2022 WC. Maybe they paid the obvious bribes that resulted in Qatar winning the bid. I sure as hell know it wasnt Gulati ... unless of course you are blaming Gulati for NOT doing so. There is lots to put on Sunil without making stupid allegations or insinuations that he is the reason that the US isnt hosting in 2022.

 

Wow, this is the kind of editorial post you used to openly ridicule. The USSF has driven you low.

Count me as one of many who can't wait for you to have enough soccer on the pitch to analyze. It's been a long time since any of that seems to have relevance.

This is a relationship, Gulati, USMNT players, organization, framework, MLS, that needs a proper break up.

I am almost be tempted to enter the fray and create a watch dog group partially funded by USSF to oversee operations, audit the books and encourage discussion

 

This was pretty good if you are interested in that angle:

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/feat...s-world-cup-failure-anger-us-soccer-changes-0
"It won’t be easy. Soccer cultures, once established, are for better and worse, hard to overturn. English myopic self-aggrandizement still survives (in self-deprecating form, perhaps, but it survives); Dutch belief in reason and teams built on synthetic chemistry keeps coming up against flesh and blood realities; Germany modernized the machine but still believes in the machine; Argentina still believe in the individual talent who transcends team play with invention (Messi isn’t just a one-off genius, he’s an archetype)."

And the U.S.? I’ve used the Chevalier quote before in thinking about the U.S. It makes me think of the tremendous restlessness that’s discernible in the team’s finer moments. The times when they look most like themselves. When vigor outweighs the risks of losing what careful slowness offers …"

But the Trinidad game saw a tremendous listlessness, not restlessness, that spoke of way more than a hot night, short turnaround, unchanged selection, shot off a post, or any of the circumstantial explanations we might want to turn to. The team (Pulisic apart, ironically) looked like teenagers made to wear ties to church. They looked like failure was a likely destiny, not an unthinkable alternative to it."

And if you are interested in what SUM/MLS is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_United_Marketing