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Ultra & Proud
Same end result of failure but at least trying to play better football and using the best players available with Winter.
No. Definitely not. No one in the system to step in.
Only one is Kreis. He is the only one that could be appointed to possibly salvage the season. He has the experience, came from the same RSL system as Vanney and works in a similar manner. He could step in and have a higher chance than anyone else of improving our team in the second half. Any other good experienced MLS managers (Arena, Sigi, Petke) will bring a bit of upheaval/chaos and take time to get used to our set up, our roster, and change/alter our system and that might ruin us heading into the fall.
Also true and the one thing about Vanney I can credit him for is that we can switch out players and play the same style and not implode and concede our tradition assload of goals. Of course it's at the expense of offense but that is an easier fix than the opposite. I will even point to the competitiveness of the B team we've been putting out there. Yes, results are sketchy and are all grind out results but when in our history could you have any major injuries and still get results? Gernerally losing one key player meant we were going back to getting bombed for a while. I credit Vanney for that. He's helped the squad, younger guys mainly, grow but is that enough? For me, Vanney overall has done well this year but I still don't think he's the guy to get the team to the next level. When/if a real playoff run happens, I think he is not up to the task of matching up with an experienced, crafty manager.