Bruce Arena Era 2: Electric Boogaloo. USMNT Super Thread

[Rook]

Reminds me so much of martinez. think he's better at big picture stuff than actual managing

We don't have the players to play the style he wants to. Probably a good thing but Arena isn't going to do any better.

 

[carolinablue232]

We don't have the players to play the style he wants to. Probably a good thing but Arena isn't going to do any better.

Managers job to get the best out of the players you have. Klinsy couldn't do that. At least with Arena we might get back to having some sort of identity.

 

[SerenityNigh]

I'm betting on Oscar Pareja as the replacement.

Nooooooo!

 

[USABlue]

Arena is back...hopefully more of '02 WC than '06 please

 

[carolinablue232]

Arena is back...hopefully more of '02 WC than '06 please

Hopefully qualifying for '18 for starters...

 

[EFCPaul]

It never works out re-hiring a previous manager, this is a step back for the US.

 

[SerenityNigh]

It never works out re-hiring a previous manager, this is a step back for the US.

Have to believe he's just a caretaker and we'll have a new director/manager after Russia, unless we see unexpected success with Bruce's second tour of duty.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

The team as a whole needs a dynamic personality in a coach. Tactically we have been all over the place.

 

[ilikecheese]

Have to believe he's just a caretaker and we'll have a new director/manager after Russia, unless we see unexpected success with Bruce's second tour of duty.

That's an awfully long time for a caretaker.

 

[USABlue]

That's an awfully long time for a caretaker.

2 years? would be a bit pointless to bring him in for the hex then replace him before the WC

 

[SerenityNigh]

That's an awfully long time for a caretaker.

Certainly he's the guy through Russia, right? I guess if he does well he can keep the job, but if I were Sunil (who knows what that guy is thinking), this is only a 3-year appointment.

 

[SerenityNigh]

 

[SerenityNigh]

Wasn't Sunil's first action to fire Arena? Would be a nice bookend to Sunil's career, this, but maybe I'm too hopeful.

#SunilOut

 

[carolinablue232]

It never works out re-hiring a previous manager, this is a step back for the US.

Eh, define "never works out." Jose won the title back with Chelsea, and Pulis did pretty well with Stoke his second time around. More than anything we need a steady hand. Missing a WC would have a more substantial negative impact than hiring a visionary to work on our system for the next 2 years would have in a positive way. That piece can wait a couple years while we try and get back to a level of stability within the team.

 

[carolinablue232]

I bet Bob Bradley is smiling today as well.