Anyone concerned about the lack of outdoor professional coaching experience for the coaching staff and management? Indoor experience is one thing but with a team from scratch are we in for a long season? Have other major A-league teams hired such an unproven staff before?
Yeah, the fact that our new head coach never coached outdoors beyond high school level is definitely a worry for me, but I'm an eternal optimist and I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I'll wait for results before I get too worried. And at this point I'm not going to be too quick to jump on Krause, without him we wouldn't even have a team to watch this year.
there's nothing to worry about, the coaches are highly qualified and have been around the sport their whole lives. Both coaches have played all their lives, Kramer has played professionally indoor....to worry about the coaching is really not needed
ok so i said that wrong...disregard that comment, heh Another point is that Boro Sucevic played for the Milwaukee Wave indoor, and then he went on to coach the Rampage, except for the whole money issue the Rampage was a damn good team
Yes Boro played with the Wave but he also was a professional in Yugoslavia and before he was Rampage coach for the second time he coached OUTDOOR at the youth select, collegiate and PDL level. An experienced indoor assistant and a high school coach do not inspire much confidence. I'm also concerned with Keith Tozer as general manager. With him coaching the Wave and being GM for the Wave United isn't that a conflict of interest? In personnel decisions I believe he will lean naturally more towards indoor than outdoor.
I know all of these guys personally, Kramer, Boro and Spielmann... Art has coached outdoor soccer for a long time, and was a coach in my club for a while. He was a good indoor player. Spielmann is strictly a high-school guy, though for a good team. I don't think that either of these guys is equal to Boro though. This is all part of the bull*************** politics of the area. Money talks, and Boro couldn't raise enough. My friend's dad was the owner of the Rampage, and he couldn't afford to support the club any more, becuase it wasn't making any money and the stock market crashed. The Wave guys, who are more of a conglomerate these days, bought them out and put their own boys in there. In truth, the relationships between the players on the two teams are pretty good, as a lot of them have played for both teams or together in the past. The Wave has the better talent though, in most respects. Combine these teams any you have an excellent MLS team for sure. I am really wondering how they will handle the tryouts... some of the older guys are strictly indoor, but a lot of the younger indoor guys are damn good outdoor players too. Boro had his homers, including his own son, and they are going to find it hard to make the team if it is shaken up I think. Anyway, I am moving back to Milwaukee, so I guess I will see it all unfold firsthand. I can't wait for Mill-town to get an MLS team, if it i sever going to happen. Instant classic rivalry with Chicago, by the way. You would get 60,000 fans probably. The Wave dominates MISL and the Rampage is #1 in the A-League. Milwaukee soccer deserves some respect.
It is more than reasonable to question the departure of Boro after all he did last year. Here is a man interviewed for the Fire job and he is dismissed from Milwaukee. I'd like to see the Journal Sentinel soccer reporter spend some time on this issue.
I don't see what the big deal is. This is a new organization and they went with someone that was already in their organization. At least it shows that they are loyal to people within thier organization. Say for example the company that you work for starts a new division or business unit. They then go out side to bring in someone to run. Wouldn't you question why they didn't look inside first? Organizations for the most part are always going to go with someone that they know and feel comfortable.
I would hate to be the people whose company was bought out then--we'd all be looking for new jobs no matter how good we are, or if we won a national championship. It is likely to cost some loyalty from old Rampage fans.