Per Ives' twitter account TFC is trying to hire Orlando City's head coach, Adrian Heath.
Per Ives' twitter account TFC is trying to hire Orlando City's head coach, Adrian Heath.
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Interesting ...
But I'd rather TFC not hire any new coaches. Spend the time and money to get the right Pres of the club in place and let them hire the next coach.
Last edited by Suds; 10-19-2012 at 05:22 PM.
Wow, that was fast. lol
So Mariner isn't coming back next season.
Ugh...Ives Galarcep @SoccerByIves
An update on the Toronto FC-Adrian Heath link. I'm told TFC will hire Heath to be Paul Mariner's assistant in 2013. Mariner is staying put
So no grand plan, no soccer president, Mariner stays in the same roll but also doesn't get much of an endorsement. Probably just hiring the replacement in advance, for when Mariner gets canned.
Managerial career
Heath began his managerial career as player-manager of Burnley in March 1996. He left after the 1996–97 season having finished ninth in the Second Division. Two years later he was appointed manager of Sheffield United but he left the club after only five months.
He also worked with former Everton team-mate Peter Reid at Sunderland, Leeds United and Coventry City. When Reid left Coventry in January 2005, Heath stepped in as caretaker. He remained at the club under Reid's successor Micky Adams and again acted as caretaker in January 2007 before leaving the club after Iain Dowie was appointed.[7][8]
Heath was appointed manager of USL-1 expansion team Austin Aztex in February 2008.[9] Austin Aztex have a close relationship with English side Stoke City, where Heath started his career. Heath moved with the team when they relocated to Florida to become Orlando City, playing in the USL PRO division, leading them to the regular season title and the league championship in their inaugural year.
Last edited by Huyton; 10-19-2012 at 05:46 PM.
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Ugh, I was so happy for a sec there.
possibly the most UNinspiring thing I've read ina while. Mariner will move upsatairs to return to the fantastic job he did of scouting and bringing in new players (that he would later complain that aren't good enough).
MLSE continues to put the cart before the horse. Appoint a fuckin President/GM and let him appoint the damn coach. ANything else will reuslt in the constant churn we have seen for 6 years.
nice to see we're hiring coaches/managers first without getting a pres/gm first. Sounds like they really learned their lesson
Remember how JFJ was given helpers to enable him to try to succeed with the Leafs? This smacks of that kind of thinking.
Oh no...not again...seriously...this is the big idea ?
Fire Mariner instead!!! This guy is a cancer (along with his buddy Earl).
If ML$E is serious about the product, then get rid of people who have failed first.
Last edited by Alonso; 10-19-2012 at 06:59 PM.
Our problems are solved!
MLS Cup next year!
Ives doesn't have the best sources anymore.
It wouldn't surprise me if he got it wrong.
And it wouldn't surprise me if Heath was indeed hired as TFC's head coach. Trying to copy what Montreal and Vancouver did with their coaching.
more time for Mariner in Bermuda
Same effed up mentality at TFC as always: hire an assistant coach/director of football ops (whatever they call them) who provides a job threat to the head coach, thus creating strife in management with players used by both sides much like children in a divorce. See: Winter, Aron vs Mariner, Paul.
Next season promises to be as much of a cluster fuck as this one. Remember, two years ago they had fucking KLINSMAN to help them make decisions. Now, they're flying solo.
Enjoy those 2007 prices if you're renewing -- it's going to feel a lot like 2007 next year too!
as usual tfc starting from the bottom up
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way to undermine the good news ya wankers.
Please tell me he's not a devotee of the way that Stoke attempts to win games.
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Kind of sets up my prediction that Brennan moves up to manager with Mariner going back upstairs and getting an experienced assistant to help Brennan. I can see it happening. Say Health is there for experience and Brennan as manager for his MLS experience and for his history at TFC.
Would not surprise me to hear this announced in about a week and a half.
I predict that if Mariner goes upstairs it will be in a Bob de Klerk type role (aka collect a pay check and do nothing because the team doesn't want the bad rep from firing someone that they were trying to sell)
I hope they don't plan on playing that stupid game of hire a replacement to wait in the wings until Mariner ultimately shows signs of fucking up.
That is such a waste of time, money and effort.