I wouldn't go for big-name international coach either. There have been plenty of flame-outs in MLS. Good chance they don't like it here: the salary cap & other rules, crazy travel, plastic turf, weather at both extremes, MLS refs, journalists in locker rooms, backwater location in terms of international footy, etc. But I think there are "experienced" coaches between noob and big-name. As I mentioned above, preferably experience in a salary-constrained environment and less-than-ideal conditions.
Frankly I think an experienced Liga MX coach would be ideal assuming that we ultimately want to win the CCL
Michael Bradley over Danny Dichio for head coach.
That would be fun....get him signed Ali!
John Carver, after bouncing around, is now an assistant with Scotland. He might have been interesting with Mo's disfunctional regime gone, but then again he'd still need to deal with MLS refs.
(I'm only joking, we could do much better than John Carver).
Now more seriously, a lot of European managers can't stand the poor quality of MLS (and all of CONCACAF) officiating, along with all those other things that you mentioned. It's an important factor to consider.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
John Carver was a really beauty, whom here who was around back in the day will never forget him showing up at our tailgate after he had re-signed from the Reds. I also had the pleasure of randomly enjoying a few pints at the pub with him here in Toronto many years later and he was quite candid about his departure, outside of Greg's success he is my all-time favourite manager for TFC.
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
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Please park a truck full of cash to Schmeltzer's house. I hear he has not re-signed yet for Sounders
Years have gone by and Ive finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: A pretty move, for the love of God.
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I dont give a damn which team or country performs it.
-Eduardo Galeano
Laurent Blanc and Vieira are getting interviews.
https://twitter.com/frankdellapa/sta...521068548?s=20
Rumours floating around Twitter something is going to be announced imminently.
Now we're talking...the Athletic article had me worried but it's reassuring to know that was nothing more than Kloke playing connect the dots in a sandbox.
Blanc would put us on the map.
Blanc would be great. Fantastic signal about our future intentions.
Blanc was on 5.6 million USD when he left PSG. Wonder if we can afford him.
Apparently the league was making an extra $1Bn in revenue prior to the Covid era so there's lots of money everywhere.
But seriously, it's MLSE. They can afford anything if they want to and for them, that's not much. Remember they are very diversified and have a lot of revenue streams beside attended sporting events.
Would Laurent Blanc be the biggest coaching hire in MLS history?
I'm leery about Blanc as doesn't look like he's coached in a while. I wonder if he is current with the latest tactical trends in the game. Or does time off matter as much with coaches as it does with players?
It's only been a couple of years – I don't think that's going to matter much.
I wasn't that familiar with him so I've been checking out his CV. I'm highly impressed. Landing him really would be pretty impressive.
But it is a bit curious – why have so much time off, and then be interested in coming to MLS? I'm interested to hear the explanation.
This is curious - second hand opinion from France indicates Blanc turned down the job at Nantes https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.co...ts-nantes-job/
he doesn’t like the idea of taking over a team in the middle of the season without full control over the recruitment policy and preparing the team.
I will be happy to eat these electrons ... but seriously, Laurent Blanc is not coming to TFC.
It is ticket selling season, amigos.
Carry on.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
I wouldn't get your hopes up for any of this.
Just because he's successful in Europe, doesn't mean he could come here and replicate any form of that success. The budgets and player depth are far inferior to what he's worked with in the past. Not every manager can deal with that. He could be the biggest coaching flop in MLS history as well.
The Patrick Viera thing interests me more. He did well at NYCFC. He knows the limitations of the league.
I just don't know how much of the squad and style of play he would want to change. That would be my only concern.