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<blockquote data-quote="ilovetheoption" data-source="post: 532889" data-attributes="member: 1414"><p>On a separate, and ENTIRELY unrelated note, Berhalter is the first full time head coach since the last US hire, a guy named Georgen Klinsmann (spelling may be off, not a native German speaker).</p><p></p><p>Klinsmann was a VERY flashy hire. He came in talking a big game, talking about how the US was going to compete with the powerhouses at their own game, and recruit the very best players. He was great with the media, and the fans, and the fans REALLY bought into what he was selling. He had this theory that he knew how to get the best players to come play for the US in a way that no previous coaches had. He would find kids with American backgrounds (like kids of army dads) who were in European Countries (mainly German) and identify them, and convince them to come play for us.</p><p></p><p>These Un-identified German-American (UGA)-type kids would be highly sought after, and getting them to commit would allow us to play a flashy, up-tempo style, and it would build upon itself and make us a powerhouse.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, that's not how it worked out. He had some successes, signing the occasional UGA-type youngster, but mostly, those kids had grown up rooting for the other guys, and the other guys had more facilities, and were on TV more, and they were surrounded by fans of the other guys, and so they ended up staying with the other guys. They realized that the calculus was that they could either have all the advantages, or try and do it the hard way and play for us. It turned out that the highest rated players weren't buying what we had to sell, and all the salesmanship in the world didn't change the fundamentals, and that really, we're going to get who we're going to get, and it's not going to change all that much no matter who the coach is.</p><p></p><p>Georgen, unable to recruit really elite players, was left trying to put just "pretty good" players in a system that had no tactical advantages. He sort of had a "get great players, and let them make plays" scheme, but without the ability to get great players, he was a pretty big flop of a coach.</p><p></p><p>Now, for fans like me, who had come to root for the team under the old coach, who was a smart, tactical guy, it was pretty disappointing to see a coach try to do the same thing as everybody else, only with lesser players, and made me not interested to watch.</p><p></p><p>But, that said, things change. Up north, there was a guy (berhalter) who was using discipline almost like the Army to win games on a smaller stage, and play thinking man's ball.</p><p></p><p>Now that he's the coach, I have come back, and think I'll be as into the team or more than I ever was in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Like I said, unrelated, but interesting to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ilovetheoption, post: 532889, member: 1414"] On a separate, and ENTIRELY unrelated note, Berhalter is the first full time head coach since the last US hire, a guy named Georgen Klinsmann (spelling may be off, not a native German speaker). Klinsmann was a VERY flashy hire. He came in talking a big game, talking about how the US was going to compete with the powerhouses at their own game, and recruit the very best players. He was great with the media, and the fans, and the fans REALLY bought into what he was selling. He had this theory that he knew how to get the best players to come play for the US in a way that no previous coaches had. He would find kids with American backgrounds (like kids of army dads) who were in European Countries (mainly German) and identify them, and convince them to come play for us. These Un-identified German-American (UGA)-type kids would be highly sought after, and getting them to commit would allow us to play a flashy, up-tempo style, and it would build upon itself and make us a powerhouse. Unfortunately, that's not how it worked out. He had some successes, signing the occasional UGA-type youngster, but mostly, those kids had grown up rooting for the other guys, and the other guys had more facilities, and were on TV more, and they were surrounded by fans of the other guys, and so they ended up staying with the other guys. They realized that the calculus was that they could either have all the advantages, or try and do it the hard way and play for us. It turned out that the highest rated players weren't buying what we had to sell, and all the salesmanship in the world didn't change the fundamentals, and that really, we're going to get who we're going to get, and it's not going to change all that much no matter who the coach is. Georgen, unable to recruit really elite players, was left trying to put just "pretty good" players in a system that had no tactical advantages. He sort of had a "get great players, and let them make plays" scheme, but without the ability to get great players, he was a pretty big flop of a coach. Now, for fans like me, who had come to root for the team under the old coach, who was a smart, tactical guy, it was pretty disappointing to see a coach try to do the same thing as everybody else, only with lesser players, and made me not interested to watch. But, that said, things change. Up north, there was a guy (berhalter) who was using discipline almost like the Army to win games on a smaller stage, and play thinking man's ball. Now that he's the coach, I have come back, and think I'll be as into the team or more than I ever was in the first place. Like I said, unrelated, but interesting to me. [/QUOTE]
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