Winnipeg Fury Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 March 18, 2007 Get 'er done Rene Simoes. Is he the next coach of Canada's men's national team? Maybe. Maybe not. Despite what you've read and heard, a decision has not been made. Trust me on that one. I've got it from more than one person on the inside at the CSA. The very inside. The top of the inside. As we reported on Soccercentral, the facts are these. A long list has been whittled down to four, two homegrowns and two internationals. And, yes, Simoes is on the list. But the five-man selection committee is still surfing through the resumes of the chosen four and ruminating over their respective qualities. They are not finished that process. Once they are, it will go to the CSA board for recommendation. We're still about two weeks from that. The Brazilian may have the inside track, but there's also a faction within the CSA which strongly believes in having a Canadian at the helm. Personally I could care less as long as he takes Canada to the World Cup. On another note. The CSA has yet to hire Kevan Pipe's replacement. You'll recall he was fired last autumn. An astonishing list of 104 originally applied for the post of CEO. That hiring is in its final stages as well with the short list a very short one indeed. There are two remaining. The one left standing will be announced by the end of the month as well. But this is all taking way too long. I understand due diligence, and not rushing into a mistake. But really now, Frank Yallop left for the LA Galaxy last MAY! Pipe was fired months ago. We're on the verge of the most important event in the sport's history in this country. Some little tourney called the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The Gold Cup is even closer, and the two most important positions we have remain empty. Get it done. Get it done now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Despite his lack of experience with soccer, I find Gerry Dobson to be a refreshing face in the media in terms of soccer. He is knowledgable, and a good presenter. Him and Craig should be involved in where ever soccer ends up on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Oranje Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 It concerns me somewhat that there is a faction on the committee that would prefer to choose an underqualified Canadian. Sorry but coaching national youth teams does not qualify a coach for the senior national team. The tactics employed by opposing teams are more complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Canuck Oranje It concerns me somewhat that there is a faction on the committee that would prefer to choose an underqualified Canadian. Sorry but coaching national youth teams does not qualify a coach for the senior national team. The tactics employed by opposing teams are more complex. Bruce Arena had a résumé similar to Dale Mitchell when he was hired as the US coach and he did quite well I must say. The guy was an NCAA coach for 18 years at Virginia, MLS coach for 2 yrs, U-23 coach for a year and was hired by the US federation. I'm not saying I want Mitchell, but I have to say that saying that he's unqualified for this job when he has been assistant coach for the U-20's in 2000/2001, the head coach since 2002, had act as an assistant coach for our MNT in the past, plus a few years with an A-League team and some valuable experience of CONCACAF play as a player, is bit harsh when you make the comparaison with Arena... I hope we hire someone else but I wouldn't be dissapointed if they hire him either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Oranje Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Note, I said underqualified which is different from unqualified. Second, nationality should not enter into it. We need the best coach for the job that we can afford. It concerns me when nationality is higher priority for some than qualifications. If nationality was going to be a key criteria, applicants should have been told that and they were not. Also remember that the US team had some success before Arena came on the scene. I don't think the USA were ranked 103 when he was hired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Canuck Oranje Note, I said underqualified which is different from unqualified. Second, nationality should not enter into it. We need the best coach for the job that we can afford. It concerns me when nationality is higher priority for some than qualifications. If nationality was going to be a key criteria, applicants should have been told that and they were not. Also remember that the US team had some success before Arena came on the scene. I don't think the USA were ranked 103 when he was hired. Noted. Iread it too quickly. Who told you that the applicants weren't told about nationality being a criteria? I don't know either if it was said or if it's only a few members who think like that. It's like any committee, you have people with different views in it, so if nationality is important for some but not all I'M not sure the applicants must of been aware of that. The Canada coaching challenge is qualifying the team for the WC and the USA team coach challenge was the uSA going to the 2nd round in a WC (or something similar) which Arena, who would be underqualified by your standards, did. I think it's a fair comparaison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Any American MNT coach would enjoy certain massive advantages in "learning on the fly" which a Canadian MNT coach will not. The difference in the margine of error, as it were, between the 2 countries programs is measured in light years. Hard to argue against the differences between youth and senior NT coaching possitions. Completely different sets of problems for each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Cheeta Any American MNT coach would enjoy certain massive advantages in "learning on the fly" which a Canadian MNT coach will not. The difference in the margine of error, as it were, between the 2 countries programs is measured in light years. Hard to argue against the differences between youth and senior NT coaching possitions. Completely different sets of problems for each. If an underqualified coach like Arena with a poor coaching resumé can bring an average team to the WC quarters I would say that Dale Mitchell (with a CV similar to Arena) can qualify an average team like Canada (with talents by CONCACAF standards) to the WC. In the end I think it will all depend on the prep. If the CSA gives more games to the new coach it will be easier for him to get it done. Of course the better this coach the "easier" it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 When posting articles, please post the source. It's from Gerry Dobson's blog at www.sportsnet.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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