The Official Bruce Arena thread

Anybody else, especially old people, getting Elmer Fudd vibes from the way Bruce speaks?

 

Who

 

You had to be there. The cartoons were great in the 1800’s, let me tell you!

 

Bugs Bunny was a rockstar.

 

Can Arena do worse than 21 points?

 

"No more improvisations or quick fixes; he is determined to define a kind of specific style of play that will allow the Earthquakes to define a long-term strategy."

Um, no, I don't think his comments implied that at all. He said he had no idea what the style would be - depends on his assessment of what the team has and what he thinks can be added. Nothing about defining a specific style that would define a long-term strategy.

BTW, the body language I got from CL in that press conference was kind of "wings clipped". He was passive and noncommittal. I guess he's just deferring to Bruce but I wonder if he thinks he's a goner (my guess is that he stays).

 

Lots more platitudes, not much in specifics. We need help. We need better organization of the guys we have and we need a bunch of new guys.

I'm encouraged that Bruce said that he plans to work with the guys that he has and see what he can make of the squad. That's really the right approach. Don't try to force the guys to play a system for which they are not suited.

I'm OK with his lack of specifics so far. My fear is that Fisher is NOT going to spend the necessary cash on the roster or even the facilities. We'll get some modest improvements, while the rest of the league is busy making major upgrades.

More brandy!

Go Quakesfans!!

 

I think the facilities changes are in the works. As for the roster, I don't know. Fish seems to have Bruce convinced that he'll get what he needs but at the same time Bruce is saying that "we're not in position to sign an elite international player". Of course then, "define elite". Sounds like we're going to try to get guys off the MLS scrap heap, like in 2015 when we picked up Marvell Wynne, Sanna Nyassi, Shawn Francis, and Mark Sherrod from the MLS scrap heap. Forecast calls for pain.

 

Fisher still needs an insider to maintain control.

 

He also needs someone organized and competent enough to actually make things run. Of course Bruce could also bring in his own guy to do that.

 

It sounded to me like this was an AI or ChatGPT-generated type article.

 

Except that was pretty clearly, IMO, an editorial comment, not based on anything that was actually said. In fact it was kind of the opposite of what he said. Don't think ChatGPT could hallucinate that badly .

 

It was a lame article in any case. Nothing new to it.

 

I wish we had just committed to the Bash Bros style and became the burnley/ 2010 stoke city of MLS. No idea why we hired all these wanna be pep guardiola possession gms/coaches when we knew we weren't gonna spend the money to make it work.

Especially in MLS, with every team trying to play possession now, I think there would be a market inefficiency in a style that goes directly against that.

 

Il Bruce "resurrected" the Gals starting in August of 2008, but let's be serious. Ruud Gullit was an historically bad MLS coach and the Gals had Donovan and Becks. How bad could they be? NE was a bona fide reclamation project however.

 

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— 〽️akemancitygreatagain (@ballBoy_usnt) November 19, 2024

 

Bruce and Gregg taking it in... neither with their players on the roster

Bruce Arena and Gregg Berhalter in attendance for USMNT vs Jamaica 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/LOJJ4oVZLY

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) November 19, 2024

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— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) November 19, 2024

 

Does anyone know if Bruce and Greg were at the game?

 

Pretty good article but not a big fan of the framing that the Quakes and Bruce are both "desperate" and therefore need each other. The Quakes maybe, but I don't think Bruce is that desperate. It's not like he's coming back after serving time for a murder or something.

Also, for the people who ridiculed CL or Luchi for have big grand (and arguably unrealistic) goals, are you happy now ? (I know he was probably mostly joking but…).

The former national team and Los Angeles Galaxy manager will take over all personnel decision making from General Manager Chris Leitch, who had two mixed seasons at the helm.

“If we finish 28th next year, that will be a success,” Arena quipped at his introductory press conference.

https://www.soccerbayarea.com/2024/11/16/bruce-arena-takes-over-san-jose-earthquakes/

 

Well, the Quakes fans are so depressed, dispirited, and downcast that our expectations aren't much higher than that - ever...

 

Well usually the team's stated "goal" is to make the playoffs, and people here scoff at that (ha-ha, what a low bar goal!!!!). This is a significantly lower bar , but I think Bruce is mostly kidding....hopefully,.

 

At least the Quakes have a head coach. Not every MLS team can currently say the same.