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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
That analysis doesn't always work though. Eric Spoelstra, the coach of the Miami Heat never played professional basketball, indeed only college, and instead of taking offers to play in the Euro-leagues he became a video analyst for the Miami Heat. He became their assistant coach under the legendary Pat Riley and then later took over the head coaching spot. When he took over, the team had just fallen to an NBA worst 15-67. The immediate year he made the playoffs, hasn't missed them since, and went on to win back-to-back NBA Titles and has had three consecutive championship appearances. So in all actuality, there are some potentially great coaches out there who never played pro..
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but dude, america has probably the biggest basketball culture on the planet. people grow up immersed in it, children dream of being the next michael jordan. they live and breathe it. playing college here is better than playing pro elsewhere. washed out or sidelined players here go abroad and become local stars-- wich is the opposite with european and south american futbol players who come to be washed out
here. why must you be at times so muleheaded? wishful thinking does not give american "soccer" a long story and tradition and mass appeal-- give it time to grow and maybe, but right now it's not up to par because it lacks deep roots.
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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
As to Klinsmann? I don't think its his experience as player that helps, its as you said, being "maybe one of the greatest coaches on the planet" part that is winning games  |
he's not one of the greatest coaches in the planet but he's probably the greatest the us men's team has ever had. forget comparing him with other coaches, say, other
german coaches, even other german coaches of his generation-- but he's played more and in more places than any american player or coach, and has seen and lived pretty much anything you can see and live in this sport except for stabbing followed by decapitation, which makes everyone else around him lok like a damn neophyte-- even the best american players (demonyo already explained why he's not "world class") don't measure up to his achievements.
now, the issue for klinsmann is if he can translate all that deep fucking knowledge and experience into being a good coach-- that's a different achievement. so far the numbers show he can coach better than past american coaches and that is really good news. plus we slowly are having better players who are learning from the pros iabroad. so it's not just raw talent but talent that's being professionally developed by experts who learned football from the womb. so it's building up, thank fuck.
took california wines a few decades to start beating the french.football is gonna take a little longer.