Quote Originally Posted by shwade View Post
Firing Vanney would be madness. Nelson didn't accomplish 1/5 of what Vanney has. Full squad Vanney can't really be doubted in MLS.
The few Vanney haters left ignore anything positive he's done (like the technical sophistication in how the team shifted formations effortlessly against Atlanta most recently, and many times last year, which is 100% coaching) and look for any shreds of evidence to keep on holding to the opinion that he should be fired.

This is classical cognitive bias.
Psychologists have noted for a long time that humans hate to change their views, and will tend to cling to whatever first impressions they had at the beginning. The fact is it's true Vanney wasn't what many people wanted when he came (many wanted a "big name" coach from abroad) and was pretty green at the beginning. However, he's by now one of the best coaches in MLS according to most journalists. However, it's hard to change that first impression!

Here's an interesting link to cognitive bias:

https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/...nitive-bias-13