kacbru Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 I can't wait for MLS Canada Men's National Team Head Coach to name his first roster and then have to explain why all the MLS-based players have been held back because MLS doesn't break for FIFA windows. narduch, Jedi Ram, toontownman and 8 others 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 His recent record is not good. But, hopefully he has learned lessons. Also a bit concerned he has never managed a national team. But, all told, I'm all for giving Marsch a shot and support. Nice to have some stability now! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 7 minutes ago, Mihairokov said: Part of me is fine with Marsch as manager but the donations from the MLS owners feel very, very bad to me. Feels like preference will be shifted over to their players for future roster builds, but perhaps my tea leaves are suggesting something that isn't there. kerfoot's been a huge CSA donor/financial supporter for years, not surprised things went down this route Watchmen, JamboAl, narduch and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 I am just glad it’s over. Let’s prep for the friendlies and maybe cause a ripple or two at Copa. costarg, Borjans Sweatpants, jhoops__ and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Glad they took my advice. Not on who to select, but on getting this done this week. 😉 I am open-minded about this appointment, will take a wait-and-see approach, but I am glad that they are not simply sticking with Biello as a head coach. I don't mind if Mauro, Stalteri, etc. stay on as assistants, mind you. Marsch was recently on a podcast with Jimmy Conrad & Charlie Davies talking about how optimistic he was about Canada's chances at the Copa, which may be worth a re-watch given this news. I will see if I can find it on youtube when I have a moment Jedi Ram, toontownman, YorkRegionFan and 8 others 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally McCoist Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 12 minutes ago, gkhs said: This is better news than the hiring. Blue refuses to be hemmed in by CSA/CSB nonsense. I would be willing to build Kevin Blue a statue if he finds a way to rip apart the CSB bullshit. This is a good forward step. Fuck the CSB! jhoops__, Jedi Ram, canadave and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid-Tone Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 15 minutes ago, Mihairokov said: Part of me is fine with Marsch as manager but the donations from the MLS owners feel very, very bad to me. Feels like preference will be shifted over to their players for future roster builds, but perhaps my tea leaves are suggesting something that isn't there. WTF you mean shifted? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diego Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Did the MLS owners give money to sign a head coach or did they give money to sign Jesse Marsch. If it's the latter then that's very problematic. Joe MacCarthy, nolando, Borjans Sweatpants and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Love this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 (edited) What does MLS teams chipping in to pay the national team coach have to do with the CSB? Edited May 13 by SpursFlu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 could go either way...has had some success at club level and coached at very high levels but no national team head coaching experience...lets see how he does at copa america...interesting way to raise money by blue Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Best of luck to him! Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 2 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: What does MLS teams chipping in to pay the national team coach have to do with the CSB? If anything, people who disliked the CSB deal should also be opposed to the new sponsorship. Having any sort of strings-attached relationship to the league seems a bit off - but at least with CSB we were getting a full domestic league in the trade off. SpursFlu, johnyb, red card and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 (edited) 59 minutes ago, reggietfc said: its MARSCH Can @JamboAl, @jordan or @Atlantic edit the spelling of his name in the title? 17 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: That’s amazing from the 3 MLS clubs. 18 minutes ago, Mihairokov said: ...but the donations from the MLS owners feel very, very bad to me. The Canadian MLS clubs after Kevin Blue gets us a ton of money and we try and call up guys playing in MLS for Camp Poutine outside the FIFA window: Edited May 13 by Olympique_de_Marseille reggietfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally McCoist Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 6 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: What does MLS teams chipping in to pay the national team coach have to do with the CSB? Because you would think the corporation that's supposed to be interested in improving Canadian soccer would shore up the funds to make this happen. Mattd97, saladroit and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 @Olympique_de_Marseille: done. Although the credit has to go to @jordan. Atlantic, Olympique_de_Marseille and YorkRegionFan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 5 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: If anything, people who disliked the CSB deal should also be opposed to the new sponsorship. Having any sort of strings-attached relationship to the league seems a bit off - but at least with CSB we were getting a full domestic league in the trade off. Exactly. It’s almost like a power buy-back for MLS as before CSB they were the big dogs. Hopefully doesn’t affect us from a competitive standpoint. Watch the u20 team in June have no CPL players. Borjans Sweatpants and narduch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggietfc Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 i heard the csb donated all you can eat timbits for the interview process😀 h coach and Sal333 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bene11 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Ally McCoist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 7 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: Exactly. It’s almost like a power buy-back for MLS as before CSB they were the big dogs. Hopefully doesn’t affect us from a competitive standpoint. Watch the u20 team in June have no CPL players. On the plus side, when we lose out on a dual-national we'll get allocation money. narduch, dyslexic nam and CanadaFan123 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 (edited) I'll give the CSA the benefit of the doubt and that they weighed all their options and made the best decisions for our national team. To me it just feels like MLS teams and by extention the MLS buying influence. Based on the profile of the coach maybe the deal was dependent on who the CSA hired as coach. I'm good with it all, whatever it takes but that's just my read of the situation Edited May 13 by SpursFlu johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Expecting a Westhead article any minutes now yomurphy1, johnyb, h coach and 10 others 5 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil03 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 14 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: If anything, people who disliked the CSB deal should also be opposed to the new sponsorship. Having any sort of strings-attached relationship to the league seems a bit off - but at least with CSB we were getting a full domestic league in the trade off. I don't like some of the specifics in the CSB deal, even if I am grudgingly accepting of the overall concept, because I think we could have gotten a better deal had the CSA been better at its job during negociations. I am tentatively ok with the MLS sponsorship, even if its arguably pretty sad it had to happen to pay him, because for all the talks of strings attached there is no evidence of that. I'd argue that good old Occam's Razor would indicate that there is in fact no such strings and that the MLS clubs made that decision because a) They realise that the national programs doing well is the best way to boost interest in Canadian Soccer, which would obviously be good for them and b) At least Saputo and the Whitecaps ownership group genuinely do care about Canadian Soccer and want it grow. I would also further argue that if there is indeed ulterior motive here its far more likely that they have heard some of the ''why aren't you playing in CPL?'' noise that is in the background and that they are aware that their situation is indeed exceptional at the world level so it couldn't hurt to show in a very big and public way their support for Canadian soccer as a whole. johnyb, Corazon, yomurphy1 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Now that he’s ours and it’s time to be biased in his favour, Herdman took us far with zero experience, JM’s experience is comparatively very impressive. He’s coached at a higher level than most of our players play at, he’s managed deficient squads like Leeds and very rich squads like Leipzig. Apparently he was interested in the Canada job pre-Herdman, so I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he wants this job because he believes in it, not because it was available. Started his career in Montreal, comes back to Canada for his most illustrious chapter yet. I’m into it. HochelagaFC, Canuckia, costarg and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 1 minute ago, phil03 said: At least Saputo genuinely do care about Canadian Soccer and want it grow. Source? RS and Sal333 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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