It's a common belief that Ryan Nelsen is "on the hot seat."
It stands to reason. TFC has spent a lot of money on big name talent and they will expect big results. With the consensus being that TFC is under performing (which, based on a 7th overall points per game rate at moment might be a bit harsh), many are going so far as to suggest that his job is hanging by a game by game basis.
Some of the opinion is probably based on wishful thinking. Many TFC fans do not care for Nelsen's rope-a-dope tactics and believe that a more experienced manager would get more out of them.
That's possible. Tactically his inexperience has shown. But, the opinion of you or I hardly matters.
The opinions that matters are Tim Leiweke's and Tim Bezbatchenko. We have very little to go off of on the latter, but on the former we can point to his experience in LA.
Is there anything in the Beckham experience that suggests that Leiweke will interfere to put a big name manager in?
The answer is no.
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In LA, Leiweke leaned on his GM of Alexi Lalas (a former player) way beyond the point where it was clear that it wasn't working out. He also did nothing to interfere with Frank Yallop's time as manager, even though things were going terribly.
It was only after two years of failure and with immense pressure from the Beckham group that he made a change. It helped that Bruce Arena was available.
So, basically, this idea that Nelsen could be fired at any moment is baseless. Not without a player revolt that simply isn't there. They all love them some Nellie.
Bottom line: Nelsen isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
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