Dan Calichman may be a good coach. He might even be a great coach.
However, he's still a disturbing hire by Greg Vanney as an assistant coach. He's a hire that once again demonstrates TFC to be deaf to local concerns and prone to nepotism hires over quality hires.
Calichman coached for 14 years in Division 3 NCAA soccer. That is a level that is absolutely worse than any of the three local CIS programs.
It's at a level where no one is on scholarship and no one has hopes of a pro career. If an athlete there has a big chemistry mid-term two days before a playoff game he skips practice to study.
Meanwhile there are coaches -- good coaches -- in the region that are as qualified to take the position that aren't getting a sniff.
The truth is, if TFC hired a CIS head coach as an assistant today there would be an outcry against it. That outcry wouldn't be wrong -- Vanney needs a very experienced assistant, just as Nelsen did -- but it would likely be slightly misguided. As stated, they'd be more qualified than Calichman.
Maybe Calichman will turn out to be great. Maybe.
What's that old saying about the definition of insanity being repeating the same behaviour while expecting a different result...