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re: Why is Jurgen bullet proof?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:01 pm to TideSaint
Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:01 pm to TideSaint
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We just beat the Dutch and the Germans on their home soil for the first time in history and now you want to fire our coach due to a poor showing in the semis and 3rd place game of the Gold Cup?
Do you know the difference between friendlies and competitions? We can beat Holland and Germany on the road when it doesn't matter, but can't beat minnows at home when it does? Why is that ok?
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:10 pm to Broski
sunil gulati is a huge la roux fan
Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:34 pm to Broski
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Why is Jurgen bullet proof?
Because we were at the USSF's gate with pitchforks and torches demanding Bradley be fired. Jurgen was the longshot dream hire to turn the program around and little more than a month ago we were singing his praises.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:39 pm to Lordofwrath88
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longshot dream hire
Why was he viewed as this?
I, nor many on this board were ecstatic about the hire.
Is it because he is german?
Seriously, what was his allure?
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turn the program around
Well... he has certainly done that.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:43 pm to Broski
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Why was he viewed as this?
You don't seriously remember? He was the only European manager with legit credentials who knew a damn thing about the American system. He was supposed to be the best of both worlds and for a while it seemed like it was paying dividends. He actually had a name that was at least a B in world football. He went on a hot recruiting streak flipping Mexican and German youngsters to our side.
He was the coach that God had seemingly created just for us but we were stuck with Bradley getting "ok" results, just enough to get by. We were like a man in a dying marriage looking over at this hot thing with seemingly all the right features. We knew it would be a gamble, it could go totally wonderful or off a cliff, but we'd were willing to go all in.
This post was edited on 7/26/15 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:49 pm to Lordofwrath88
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getting "ok" results, just enough to get by.
Well what the frick kind of results are we getting now?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:49 pm to WarSlamEagle
To your credit, I don't remember the online community exactly peeing their pants as much as the soccer analysts and talking heads acting like we just hired Saban.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 1:50 pm to Broski
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Well what the frick kind of results are we getting now?
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We knew it would be a gamble, it could go totally wonderful or off a cliff, but we'd were willing to go all in.
This post was edited on 7/26/15 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:16 pm to TideSaint
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We just beat the Dutch and the Germans on their home soil for the first time in history while our opponents sat on the bench, furiously booking month-long beach vacations on their phones.
FTFY
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:21 pm to Broski
Idk if I would say bullet proof even though it looks that way. I honestly think that there are glimpses of us not being a laughing stock in world soccer that is enough to keep him around. I could be wrong but IMHO that's what I think it is.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:23 pm to tigerbait1.6
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not being a laughing stock in world soccer
Like losing to Panama and Jamaica?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:40 pm to TN Bhoy
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Like losing to Panama and Jamaica?
This was not a glimpse of improvement. This was pretty bad but I guess the friendly wins over the Netherlands and Germany are good enough to show improvement I don't know. It's frustrating to think we can beat world powers but not Jamaica and Panama. It's just extremely frustrating and I don't understand it.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:41 pm to tigerbait1.6
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not being a laughing stock in world soccer
Any thought of the US as a laughing stock pretty much ended when that cross found Brian McBride's head in Suwon in 2002.
We're working our way back, though.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:49 pm to tigerbait1.6
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of us not being a laughing stock in world soccer
We weren't "laughing stocks" under Bruce or Bob
Posted on 7/26/15 at 3:33 pm to Broski
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of us not being a laughing stock in world soccer
We weren't "laughing stocks" under Bruce or Bob
Bob Bradley led us to a Confederations cup final and won a World Cup group. Bruce arena led us to a World Cup quarterfinals and a #3 world ranking. Jurgen has accomplished less with a deeper pool.
ETA: Jurgen's biggest accomplishment is riding Landon Donovan to a Gold Cup win.
This post was edited on 7/26/15 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 7/26/15 at 4:06 pm to Sheep
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Any thought of the US as a laughing stock pretty much ended when that cross found Brian McBride's head in Suwon in 2002.
We're working our way back, though.
I'm with yall on wanting Jurgen gone, but predictably yall have gone completely off the cliff with the nonsense.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 4:14 pm to WarSlamEagle
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Here's the SB thread from the day Jurgen was hired: LINK
Lot of cautious optimism and a few negative posts. No one was really, really, really excited.
Fun read. I thought it was funny to see the consistency in posters. cwil was pimping Tim Ream.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 4:24 pm to inelishaitrust
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We weren't "laughing stocks" under Bruce or Bob
Yeah, that's demonstratively false. We were pathetic loads of times under those two.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 4:36 pm to Broski
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Why is Jurgen bullet proof?
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