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  1. 1 hour ago, Ted Lange said:

    Bringing back GGG a second time is one of the dumbest decisions I've ever seen in sports.  Wholeheartedly idiotic. 

    That being said, if USSF had not rehired GGG and had gone another direction, we almost assuredly would have hired someone nowhere as good as Poch.    It took GGG, crapping himself in spectacular fashion, for USSF to be shamed into real action.  

    The fact USSF, all along had the ability to land someone like Poch, but settled and resettled is absolutely infuriating.

    This is what it all boils down to. We are hosting a damn World Cup and we gave that once-in-a-generation opportunity back to an extremely average coach? And paid millions of dollars to a consulting firm to come to that decision? Truly one of the most puzzling sports decisions I've ever seen--and I'm a Cowboy fan. 

  2. 1 hour ago, Captain Ron said:

    I disagree. He was a bad coach that did very average (ok that’s right). His teams failed to get any sort of signature wins/results. For their flaws, Arena and Bradley both got some signature results.

    You talk culture - I think that Gregg left that in far worse shape than ever with the US team being softer than I have ever seen them. When he left the team had no chip on their shoulder, they would get punched in the mouth and back down.

    As noted we’re well beyond what most US coaches can do here. The names listed, except for Gregg, did something for US Soccer. But our player pool has grown such that those coaches cant coach the talent they would be given. We need guys with more diverse ideas. 

    I'm saying the culture would have been in a good spot if he had not returned for the 2nd cycle and USSF would have actually made a sensible decision on the new coach. He destroyed all that work when he was brought back. I really don't think he was a "bad" coach, I think he was extremely average which is not the expectation of the job he had. 

  3. 8 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

    The damn shame is that the federation not only thought "We can go with an American coach" but that they did it TWICE!!! The second time after said coach proved that he was in WAY over his head.

    I said it on another site, but we are now well past the point where American coaches outside of a select few will be able to take this team to the next level. I hope that this time under Poch shows the USSF that we need to play a style that takes advantage of our talent in a way that allows us to go toe to toe with anyone and we can't settle for American coaches unless they are tactically diverse.
     

    I complained about Greg a lot the first cycle, but in retrospect I thought he did an average job overall but a good job building up the culture of the lockerroom that was in shambles. I wouldn't say I liked how his hiring went down at all, but that's not his fault. Overall, he would have left the team in a great spot for the new coach to build upon. However, the way it all went for the 2nd cycle is just inexcusable from the USSF. There was only downside bringing him back again. 

    I agree that I hope we're at a point where we're past the Greg Berhalters, Bruce Arenas, and Bob Bradleys of US Soccer. Not trying to discount what any of those guys did for the sport, but Poch is about to show we've had a higher ceiling for awhile now and it needs to stay that way post Poch. 

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  4. 7 hours ago, threesheets said:

    I literally said it on this thread on October 28th. And you liked it.

    Everything's gonna be ok.

    I liked it because I agreed the Kidd was gonna do kid shit, not because I was okay with the team starting 5-7 and losing to the worst team in the conference. How about this--next time the Mavs have a sub .500 streak, I'll ask for your permission if it's okay to be frustrated or not. Sound good?

  5. 3 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

    I don't get what Honduras is doing. They are inviting 100% pressure, they are just asking to get scored on with these tactics.

    I just tuned in but that’s certainly what it looks like in the 10 minutes I’ve been watching. Honduras need a miracle goal or this is over imo. 

  6. 9 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    Who do you think Sargent plays for? Aston Villa?

    Sure we'd all like Pepi to play more but he's having a major impact off the bench for a top ~30 team in the world. Norwich isn't even a top 30 team in England right now. 

    I think Pepi vs. Balogun is a better argument than Pepi vs. anyone behind him, frankly. 

    Time will tell. 

  7. 54 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    That's a hell of a take. Pepi has been much better for the NT than Sarge and is younger.

    I think Pepi is pretty firmly the 2 and there's a bunch of guys fighting for the next 2 spots.

    Pepi is going to have to play more for his club team before I say he's "firmly the #2" for a World Cup that's still 1.5 years away. 

  8. 37 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

    I don't think it's much of a comparision - Balogun is the #1 if he is healthy. The question is who is our number 2 and how much of a drop off is there? And right now Pepi has set himself apart as that #2. He's also shown that the dropoff is a lot less than it was before. Its still significant though.

    I still think Sergeant probably claims the #2 spot in the end. But Pepi is certainly making a case. 

  9. I do think Poch is going to unlock Balogun if last night was any indication. Pepi had a nice goal, but I do think Flo can elevate the team even higher. It's early, but I'm hopeful the Berhalter days of our 9s contributing absolutely nothing is over. 

  10. 14 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    If BV wants to start he needs to hit the ball better than he just did. 

    He is trying to hit the shit out of it when it seems like he’d be better served to place it. 

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