Quote:
Originally Posted by FlashUNC
And the guy they hired to run the whole thing's most notable achievement is some decent years with the Columbus Crew. As talented as the kids may be, I have very little faith in the nepotism hire seeing this group through when the chips are really down.
Jurgen was not a perfect manager by any stretch, but one thing he got right and we're seeing the fruits of now is getting these kids outta the MLS system as soon as possible, and into actual top flight European leagues.
|
No disagreement there about what Klinsmann did for the technical side of things.
But lest we forget, Klinsmann also had some serious f*** ups. For instance, he started that game against El Tri with a back three, when the team really wasn't comfortable with it, and thereby necessitating a switch to a 4-4-2 barely 30 minutes into the game (which is quite the repudiation of the original tactic).
I also won't argue against the hypothesis that this team would do better under a competent coach, but performance is multi-faceted, and it's a lot harder to f*** it up with such a talented group than it is with a group primarily composed of players who are past it.