re: Manufactured Consent...

I have it on good authority the USSF turned their attention to Gregg after Patrick Viera turned them down earlier last week. They did have a lot of big names on their list, but a lot of them didn't give them the time of day.

Obviously, the narrative from the USMNT now is that Gregg was always the first choice because they don't want it to seem like they struck out everywhere else, but if that were the case, they wouldn't have waited until after the club season to announce it. Gregg and Crocker talked for the first time like 2 weeks ago. Gregg was like the 6th or 7th choice and it sucks, but I think he's the better option of what was left (Jesse and a bunch of MLS coaches).