Klinsmann USMNT Coach?

You ever see someone and think he's probably a pretentious twerp who probably had not too many friends when he was younger and could barely run 10 yards without falling down? And now he is in charge of OUR U.S. Soccer program???

Let's hope he doesn't hurt himself whipping his phone out of his hipside holster calling his mother to tell her what a bigshot he is now. Wait, let's hope he does.

 

Rather stellar academic/economics background, but what's the guys experienec on the pitch?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Gulati

 

Trecker's apology? Not much of one, if it is.

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6248822

 

Don, I am beside myself pissed-off.

 

If anyone is interested in joining the venting on Big Soccer:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=447603

Funny, Not Funny At All quote of the day:

"Sunil is a great guy. He's always been a good friend. I think he's a superfan who now is president. That's the way our organization is. That's unfortunate, and you add another micromanager to an organization that's already micromanaged. I don't think that's necessarily good. He's a guy who loves the game, who wants to be important and be around the world of bigwigs at FIFA, and he's going to get that opportunity." - Bruce Arena

 

I thought that this could / would happen. I'm guessing the USSF wouldn't give up the powers that a head coach deserves and Klinsmann didn't want to go into this with his hands tied.

 

Bob Effin' Bradley??? Enough said.

 

Yeah.. first one called to camp:

Anton Razov!

:twisted:

 

Losing Klinsmann is bad, but what an obviously terrible job of negotiating Sunil and U.S. Soccer did. I'm sure many of us know that one of the paramount things to consider when you sit down at the table with someone is knowing your position of power. In this case U.S. Soccer had some, but Klinsmann arguably had more. Knowing that, as Don points out, why wait 6 months to try to negotiate this deal. U.S. Soccer's position wasn't going to get any better by waiting, only worse.

Now we are really in the hole on the next candidate. Way to go, Sunil!! You the man! At least your momma thinks so.

 

And this is why we don't put all of our eggs into one basket. I wasn't a huge fan of Klinsmann. He had a nice world cup (with an equally nice home-field advantage), but hasn't done much else. I never really understood what made him so special, other than name recognition. And if that's all we're worried about, why not just hire Mike Ditka?

 

Hey, Ditka showed some promise in "Kicking and Screaming".
(Remember, I have a 3 year old.)

 

Bradley is an interim, Bradley is an interim, that's all I keep saying to myself, trying to calm down at this HORRIBLE HORRIBLE JOB BY THE USSF!!!

Bradley is an interim...will he last past January? I hope there's a full time head coach by then, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

 

Bradley is an Interim for six months.. that's alright.

Gives the whole of the USSF some time to think. And replace Gulati.

 

Umm... I dont think USSF is necessarily any more clueless than any other national body.

Sven Goren Er... ah, you know what I mean.

I have to say that I view this with some level of relief. If JK had insisted on Sigi,(the U-20 experience beside) and Gulati had weaseled the Hunts into it, the Crew might as well fold up and leave.
I know that's strong but I have no faith in Bobby Warzycha (who would have got the job) to get the team right.

 

Here is my question, what are these power struggles being referred to in a number of posts? The power over what? Selections? Training sites? Coaches?