The Klinsmann Coaching thread, v1

Fox Soccer Post game article:

''We can repair certain things within four days,'' Klinsmann said. ''We have to bounce back. We have to prove everybody wrong.''

Sigh, so now our goal is to prove "everybody wrong" . . .

 

Other quotes:

“A couple of things went wrong."

“In the moment of a defeat you learn a lot. You probably learn more when you get beaten than when you win games. So, we learned a lot."

“We have a big enough roster to discuss certain things within the coaching staff and if we’re going to make changes, we will make changes."

"There is a lot to take from the game even if the result for us is a negative one.”

"We travel back to Columbus and we have another match and it starts 0-0 on Tuesday night and we will try everything to turn it around.”

“Pressure is always there in World Cup qualifiers which is a wonderful thing because it’s important. We have no problem with that so we know we have to bounce back and prove everybody wrong in Columbus.”

"You don’t even have to talk about tactics. It has nothing to do with whether you play a 4-4-2 or a 4-3-3, you lost the game because of two free kicks and that’s what you have to accept and you’ve got to turn it around in a couple of days.”

 

'''Maybe we were leading too early,'' Klinsmann said.'

http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/...usmnt-world-cup-qualifier-match-report-090712

Amazing...think that is the first time I have heard leading in a World Cup qualifier noted as an excuse for losing.
The midfield performance was dire, underscoring the importance of Michael Bradley. Perhaps other than Dempsey, the most important player that needs to be on the field.

 

It really shouldn't matter that Bradley wasn't there since Klinsmann has gone on the record saying his ideal midfield contains Beckerman and Edu instead of him.

Talent < Doing what Klinsi tells you "100 percent"

Btw, yet another hilarious quote from a Klinsmann interview as I looked to confirm his Beckerman/Edu pimping:

Taking away the dissonance between that statement and his later pleas for the team to be "nasty" and bitch more at refs...AND the idea that Barca players are monks who never get upset about things that happen in games...that quote shows that it's obviously that simple in Jurgen's head.

Step 1: Copy whatever Barcelona does.
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit

That plan is actually working...just for Klinsmann himself, not American soccer.

 

Ah, ok. So he's just an idiot then. That explains everything.

Does he not understand that tactics, player selection (Beckerman) and formation play a direct role in someone like Austin being able to cut inside and penetrate our midfield, drawing fouls?

How does he not understand this concept?

********.

 

I have to correct you on this, Klinsmann has also gone on record stating Barcelona's entire team storms the ref when a call doesn't go their way. Labelling it as the "Nasty" we're lacking.

 

I really don't know.

I would much prefer to hear him discuss tactics and player selection than create this stuff.

 

Did that guy come out of a time machine from 1987?

Does Klinsmann think these guys are a bunch of 11-year-olds?

Is Walter White really "out"?

 

Yes.
Yes.
Of course not, he's in the empire business.

 

Maybe that's why Chandler doesn't want to come. Maybe he's figured out Jurgen is an idiot.

 

I agree, regarding the others, he talks entirely too much without saying anything, for my liking.

 

Between the glib statements in the press, the nutrition power points, the motivational speaker...sheesh.

The guy obviously came to the U.S. after his playing career (to Orange County, no less) and dove headfirst in the worst kind of phony new age/positive thinking corporate seminar flim-flam that this country has to offer.

 

Oh, come on now, Adiaga, tell us what you really think . . . .

 

I really couldn't imagine what those guys were thinking during that.

 

I'm guessing something along the lines of, "Once the clown is done do we get ice cream and cake?"

 

No douche. Pressure isn't ALWAYS on. You should probably be sitting on 7-9 points right now. 5 at a minimum and allowing yourself to relieve pressure and try new players or set ups. You have placed your team in an unnecessary three game tournament, just like last May.

Just because your German, doesn't mean your smart about soccer. Not every American is smart at baseball

Of course you don't want to talk tactics, you are being laughed at for the Jones, Edu, Beckerman midfield.

Just because your German, doesn't mean your smart about soccer. Not every American is smart at baseball

Whata' ta-ra-ra-goon-deay.

 

10. If Sunil only knew that Jurgen was pissing away USSF money on this clown show . . .
9. What did Jurgen do with the smokin' hot nutritional expert and the yoga instructor?
8. Big party in Kyle and Herc's room after the match.
7. Now watching Martin Vasquez get his ass kicked by this guy, that would be entertainment.
6. Anything that get's us away from those two-a-days . . .
5. This asshole lost me when he asked us about Freddy . . .
4. Damn, that second phone book almost hit Herc . . .
3. Let's make Altidore do the interview after this one is over.
2. I've heard that Theo Whitmore is also big on these cutting edge thought technologies.
1. Jurgen promised "This was a real show stopper at Bayern Munich".

 

And the best part, right after they were pulled in front of a camera to express themselves... with a straight face. And they say Germans have no sense of humor...

 

Dempsey: I'd rather be locked in a room with Martin Jol...

 

Vasquez: "Oye Jorge, ¿sabes que la gente anda diciendo por ahí que tú y yo estamos locos?"
Klinsmann: "No hagas casa, Martín. Es la envedia."
Vasquez: "So, what now, Jorge?"
Klinsmann: "I have a master plan. Call Andy."
Herzog: "Ja, mein Führer?"
Klinsmann: "Stop that, llámame Jorge. Explain the Qabalah Plan to Martin."
Herzog: "We had brainstorm, ja? And we decided to use the Tree of Sephirot for formation, ja?"
Vasquez: "What?"
Klinsmann: "For good luck. We'll use 3 defenders plus a sweeper behind, 3 DMs, 2 AMs and 1 forward."
Herzog: "Boca can be Malkuth."
Vasquez: "Pure genius, Jorge!"
Klinsmann: "How about those call ups for October?"
Vasquez: "Chandler, Donovan and Castillo don't want to come."
Klinsmann: "Why?"
Vasquez: "Jorge... they have issues..."
Herzog: "They think you're an idiot, mein Führer..."

 

Dolo (leaning over to Bocanegra) "Can you believe we flew back for this sh!t?"

 

I'd feel a bit better if at the end Boca had stood up and faced the camera with "Live from New York... it's Saturday Night!"