ESPN has a great article on The New York Trainwreck That Calls Itself the RedBulls. The article is a fantastic tutorial on how not to run a soccer franchise (hint: don't put someone with no sports experience in charge of it). It's amazing that they are still able to get good coaches like Juan Carlos Osorio to put their reputations at risk by taking over the club. Osorio looked like a genius last year, but his complete lack of involvement in North American soccer for several years, combined with with the complete lack of soccer people throughout the franchise, led to create a disastrous draft and trade record over the past 2 years that has come back to haunt them.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
ESPN's Though's on the Red Bulls
ESPN has a great article on The New York Trainwreck That Calls Itself the RedBulls. The article is a fantastic tutorial on how not to run a soccer franchise (hint: don't put someone with no sports experience in charge of it). It's amazing that they are still able to get good coaches like Juan Carlos Osorio to put their reputations at risk by taking over the club. Osorio looked like a genius last year, but his complete lack of involvement in North American soccer for several years, combined with with the complete lack of soccer people throughout the franchise, led to create a disastrous draft and trade record over the past 2 years that has come back to haunt them.
