The Official Bruce Arena thread

Yeah, and there are plenty of good players, including lots of intl players, who have MLS experience. And yes, you kind of know what you're getting. But as I said, if they are available, there is usually a reason. We learned that lesson with guys like Gregus and Calvo. Just hoping Bruce has better judgment.

 

Arena introductory press conference scheduled for Wednesday 10:30 AM.

 

Is there any update on the press conference , i haven't seen anything from the Quakes which is not unusual.

 

Good move to place him in front of Wondo #8.

 

Going to have to miss it. I think I need a Twitter account, which I do not and will not have.

 

Bruce looks a little rough around the edges and you expect him to be a cranky, completely candid NYer kind of guy, but when he tries to show his softer side, he somehow comes across a bit like a Brooklynite version of Mr. Rogers.

 

Is there a link to the press conference video somewhere?

 

I am sold on the Bruce Army.

I hope we emulate the Galaxy and DC United Bruce lead teams.

 

That is a 2 minute clip posted by Ted Ramey... where is the full press conference?

 

Here's the mlssoccer article that quotes him on some stuff from the press conference. Only thing I got out of that other than the usual boilerplate stuff is that he considers Espinoza to be a tremendous player and Hernán to have "a lot of potential". And that he plans to "assemble a coaching staff", which implies that he's not gonna just take the current staff as is. There's the usual stuff about trying to play the young guys. The article editorializes and mentions Chance Cowell as one name (no, not next year I don't think). Medina maybe, and Emi maybe. Then there's Verhoeven, who was not mentioned but has already played minutes.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/bruce-arena-takes-the-reins-at-san-jose-fans-are-going-to-see-changes

 

Of course he's not going to take the current coaching staff as is, why would he do that...

 

Well, you gotta find people and they have to be available. As an example, I'm sure he knows Ralston well from USMNT, etc. Whether he thinks well of him as an assistant coach I don't know. Pretty sure he won't be picking Richie Williams.

 

He was very patient with the silly questions today.

 

Adin Brown will be replaced for sure. Probably by Matt Reis or Ian Feuer

 

Did you expect anything less

 

Lot easier to do that when it's not after a loss . The real test will the post-loss "Aftershock guy" sessions.

 

I like the "Aftershock" guys, will be interesting to see their relationship/back-and-forth between them and Bruce.....In LA I'ms sure Bruce had a lot of press at the press conferences, in SJ it's the Aftershock crew and maybe 1 or 2 others at most.

I guess I've become a negative Nelly, but I don't see this working out Reminds of the Oakland Raiders bringing back former players/coaches to try to find past glories that rarely worked out.

But I hope I'm wrong....