Anyone else watching?
Gans and Wynalda seem to be the frontrunners with regards to having a strong and appropriate background while clearly being able to communicate their position.
I am somewhat inclined to support Steve Gans, as he went to my alma mater, and his son plays for their men's team. That said, I'd need to know more about his platform before throwing my support fully behind him, although I do think we need a change from Gulati.
Quote from: blooter442 on November 11, 2017, 03:35:08 PM
I am somewhat inclined to support Steve Gans, as he went to my alma mater, and his son plays for their men's team. That said, I'd need to know more about his platform before throwing my support fully behind him, although I do think we need a change from Gulati.
Seriously, if you want to know more about his platform, you should ask him. I had a nice chat with him at halftime of the Brandeis-Tufts game (I know him because our sons used to play together on Bolts teams years ago), and I've seen him or his wife at other Brandeis games, so I think they attend them as much as they can. He's very approachable and I'm sure he'd be happy to chat.
Quote from: Buck O. on November 11, 2017, 09:50:37 PM
Seriously, if you want to know more about his platform, you should ask him. I had a nice chat with him at halftime of the Brandeis-Tufts game (I know him because our sons used to play together on Bolts teams years ago), and I've seen him or his wife at other Brandeis games, so I think they attend them as much as they can. He's very approachable and I'm sure he'd be happy to chat.
Thanks for the advice -- he seems like a reasonable guy. I am not sure whether I'll be there tomorrow, but would definitely welcome the opportunity to learn more about what his ideas are. I just don't want to be the guy blindly supporting someone because of allegiances without knowing the details. From what I have read, he is well-spoken and well-versed in a variety of levels of soccer.
Plus Bloots...A job at the Federation could be in your grasp...Once in the USSF there is almost no way out
Quote from: Mr.Right on November 11, 2017, 09:56:54 PM
Plus Bloots...A job at the Federation could be in your grasp...Once in the USSF there is almost no way out
Bahahaha 😂 😂
Who would have ever guessed...From basic failure from his days at Cornell to US Head Coach from being friends with Arena..In his Ivy league days Sarachan was not known for his tactical acumen.
http://www.espnfc.us/united-states/story/3267513/united-states-shouldnt-start-from-scratch-after-world-cup-failure-dave-sarachan
Quote from: Mr.Right on November 12, 2017, 04:29:09 PM
Who would have ever guessed...From basic failure from his days at Cornell to US Head Coach from being friends with Arena..In his Ivy league days Sarachan was not known for his tactical acumen.
http://www.espnfc.us/united-states/story/3267513/united-states-shouldnt-start-from-scratch-after-world-cup-failure-dave-sarachan
Yeah looks like he just rode the coat tails of Bruce Arena. Hope he won't be in the running for the job.
Yea he has no shot...But back to the Ivies you used to have some battles...
Dave Sarachan-Cornell
Bob Bradley-Princeton
Bobby Clarke-Dartmouth
An then the OVERMATCHED Steve Griggs at Yale and Steve Locker at Harvard who both were kinda clueless about soccer...The good ol days
I vote for Mr.Right
Did not know where to stick this so i will stick it here...
Our Messiah friends forgot to mention this
http://www.riverhounds.com/news_article/show/856481?referrer_id=2869748
I Just heard that Sunil Gulati won't be running for re-election a few minutes ago...
http://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states/story/3297493/sunil-gulati-wont-run-for-re-election-as-us-soccer-president?src=com
Quote from: Ommadawn on December 04, 2017, 06:06:03 PM
I Just heard that Sunil Gulati won't be running for re-election a few minutes ago...
http://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states/story/3297493/sunil-gulati-wont-run-for-re-election-as-us-soccer-president?src=com
Full speed ahead...Mr.Right 2018!
Actually I like the idea of this Steve Gans getting the job. With his experience I have a feeling he will be in the Top 3 of votes. Not sure he is well known enough to get over the finish line though. Here is the link and he has some interesting ideas. Nothing radical but certainly sensible. His father's story is absolutely amazing.
http://stevegans2018.com/
It seems as if Kyle Martino is now in the running for president as well. I remember him fondly from his couple years at the Crew.
He's more popular as an analyst for NBC sports coverage of the Prem.
I like him a lot, he wants to increase commitment to the game, especially from a parent's perspective. He also wants the USSF to be more transparent (but most are running on this promise).
I need to see a little more... but I like him.
Quote from: bestfancle on December 06, 2017, 01:25:16 PM
It seems as if Kyle Martino is now in the running for president as well. I remember him fondly from his couple years at the Crew.
He's more popular as an analyst for NBC sports coverage of the Prem.
I like him a lot, he wants to increase commitment to the game, especially from a parent's perspective. He also wants the USSF to be more transparent (but most are running on this promise).
I need to see a little more... but I like him.
Genuine question: how much administrative or business experience do we think a USSF president should have? I think it's great for former players like Martino and Wynalda to want to lend their perspective and help out, but (and this is just glancing at their Wiki pages) both have, since retirement, worked as TV pundits, which is not exactly the same as running an organization. Then again, they may well know "the system" well enough to not need said experience, so I am curious as to what others have to say. There are guys like Edwin van der Sar, who became CEO of Ajax last year, so it is certainly not unheard of to have former pros step into administration. However, I wonder how that may be (or may not be) different than running a country's federation.
While I was initially curious to learn more, I've read up quite a bit on Gans and his platform, and I like him (while fully acknowledging that, assuming there are a number of equally-qualified candidates, my alma mater connections may make me less-than-neutral in terms of who I'd support).
I think it's very telling that Gulati came out the other day and said after meeting almost all of the candidates that most of them were going to be incredibly surprised at how little of the job actually involved the National Teams.
Precisely why I like Gans. He's a soccer guy with business experience.
Quote from: bestfancle on December 06, 2017, 01:25:16 PM
It seems as if Kyle Martino is now in the running for president as well. I remember him fondly from his couple years at the Crew.
He's more popular as an analyst for NBC sports coverage of the Prem.
I like him a lot, he wants to increase commitment to the game, especially from a parent's perspective. He also wants the USSF to be more transparent (but most are running on this promise).
I need to see a little more... but I like him.
If that gets Martino off of NBC then i am all for it. He was an overrated midfielder for the Columbus Crew and really never played for the US National team or was never a factor. His analysis to me is just plain obvious. The 2 Robbie's are more enjoyable and tactically more in depth. They have the EPL experience and know the league very well. Martino offers none of that. He has improved after 5 years because when he first started he was in way over his head. He would not be the answer for the USSF either as how would, "increasing commitment to the game especially from a parent's perspective", change anything? I do not even know what that means but any ideas to increase parents involvement can only make things worse but atleast we would not have to listen to him anymore. I still think this Gans character has the best experience as EB2319 stated
Quote from: Mr.Right on December 08, 2017, 01:49:37 PM
If that gets Martino off of NBC then i am all for it. He was an overrated midfielder for the Columbus Crew and really never played for the US National team or was never a factor. His analysis to me is just plain obvious. The 2 Robbie's are more enjoyable and tactically more in depth. They have the EPL experience and know the league very well. Martino offers none of that. He has improved after 5 years because when he first started he was in way over his head. He would not be the answer for the USSF either as how would, "increasing commitment to the game especially from a parent's perspective", change anything? I do not even know what that means but any ideas to increase parents involvement can only make things worse but atleast we would not have to listen to him anymore. I still think this Gans character has the best experience as EB2319 stated
LOL. 😂 I agree about his analysis being rather obvious. At least he is better than Gus Johnson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk5e8xRkT1g) (although I guess this call wasn't that bad)!
Yea I agree but that is a bit different cause Gus Johnson was a play by play guy. Still curious why he was tried in this role as he did not have a clue about soccer. I think I remember reading they forced him to play in adult leagues to learn the game..If we only had video for that. Yea he was AWFUL and got replaced rather quickly.
Well that was both unsurprising and uninspired. A win for the status quo. But at least we can get on with the business of finding a coach for the men's team.
Quote from: jknezek on February 10, 2018, 03:37:39 PM
Well that was both unsurprising and uninspired. A win for the status quo. But at least we can get on with the business of finding a coach for the men's team.
Agreed. How exactly does the voting process work? I saw there are multiple rounds (seems to be elimination of some sort) but no idea beyond that.
Have to say I'm somewhat glad that Wynalda and Martino didn't win. Of course, they have experience at the highest level, but their lack of administrative/business experience had me somewhat skeptical.