Ugmo
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His bosses are committed to him and he's not going anywhere until at least 2018. The only person's opinion that matters is the head of USA soccer and he has thrown support behind him again and again. Despite this firestorm he's still sticking around
Oh, I know he's not going anywhere, as I said in the second post of this thread:
I've been advocating his firing for a long time, but I don't see it. I think he doesn't get fired unless we get off to a horrible start to World Cup qualifying.
He should be fired though. Sunil Gulati is a clueless fanboy. I predict we will stumble through World Cup qualifying and look as disjointed and disorganized as we have pretty much since the World Cup, then play poorly in Russia. Hopefully by that point everyone will be utterly sick of him and Sunil won't be able to extend his contract again like an idiot.
Man, the thought of watching Klinsmann bumble around with our national team for the next three years is really disheartening. At least I live in Austria and can live vicariously through the currently outstanding Austrian team, which legitimately has a great coach and not a snake oil salesman. Hopefully they can tide me over until Klinsmann is gone in 2018.
Edit: Just read an outstanding post on Big Soccer:
Thought experiment: Pretend for a minute that klinsmann isn't a famous player from Europe. He's an mls coach born in the US. Who would be defending him now?
So what's the justification for keeping him on at this point?
That pretty much sums it up.