denime
08-21-2008, 06:09 AM
Draw your own conclusion
After sitting through the 1-1 draw at BMO Field and the subsequent press conferences with coach Dale Mitchell and his Jamaican counterpart Rene Simoes, I realized what Canada needs to do in its five remaining qualifiers:
Lighten up.
Expectations are important; but not to the point where they become claustrophobic.
Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup is serious business, I understand that, but it is crucial that the entire Canadian men's national team remembers to exhale every once in a while.
Take for example the aforementioned press conferences. First up was Simoes, who was accompanied by Jamaican captain Ricardo Gardner. The 1-1 result on Wednesday night means that both teams took exactly the same thing away from the game, which is one point and two weeks to prepare for the next match. While the assembled media tried to get Simoes to say he was disappointed, the quirky Brazilian would have none of it.
read more (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/blogs/2008/08/21/johnston_draw_your_own_conclusion/)
After sitting through the 1-1 draw at BMO Field and the subsequent press conferences with coach Dale Mitchell and his Jamaican counterpart Rene Simoes, I realized what Canada needs to do in its five remaining qualifiers:
Lighten up.
Expectations are important; but not to the point where they become claustrophobic.
Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup is serious business, I understand that, but it is crucial that the entire Canadian men's national team remembers to exhale every once in a while.
Take for example the aforementioned press conferences. First up was Simoes, who was accompanied by Jamaican captain Ricardo Gardner. The 1-1 result on Wednesday night means that both teams took exactly the same thing away from the game, which is one point and two weeks to prepare for the next match. While the assembled media tried to get Simoes to say he was disappointed, the quirky Brazilian would have none of it.
read more (http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/blogs/2008/08/21/johnston_draw_your_own_conclusion/)