this is so spot on. cos there’s been briefings in the past that the board encourages maresca to rotate the squad & manage players.
but when he rotates, & these players make costly errors, he takes all the blame
it’s so unfair to any manager
@dotsonc I would love to get this back up on a board or two in Louisville this time. Hit them when they’re seeing the Bats play. No kidding, I would do it at cost.
Every time Brandon Nimmo comes to the plate this postseason, I get a little irritated.
Does anyone else remember when the Reds were going to acquire Nimmo in the Jay Bruce trade, but ownership preferred Dilson Herrera?
A fumble from SMU RB Brashard Smith was overturned after review, with officials ruling that it was "clear and obvious" that Smith's shin was down with possession before the fumble.
Bob Wischusen on the ESPN call, with rules analyst Matt Austin chiming in. 🏈🦓🎙️
Only 11 managers in Reds history have managed the club in at least five seasons.
Of those 11, only two have losing records: David Bell and Bryan Price. Both during the Castellini era, where losing has become acceptable.
The USMNT are now 5-7-6 (WDL) under Gregg Berhalter against teams ranked in the top 20 of FIFA’s World Rankings.
Four of those wins are against Mexico.
The USMNT’s only win under Berhalter against a top 20 team excluding Mexico is Iran, a 7.1% win percentage in those matches.
I generally disregard arguments about "real" or fake fans, but I will make an exception that the realest fans are diehards for dogshit baseball teams. It's 2pm on a Tuesday and they're like "fuck Tonglebush needs to be optioned." They're watching 162 Colorado Rockies games.
@jayhaykid Unfortunately it’s not just Yankees media. We had a very famous radio guy saying the same thing about Votto in his prime and his loyal fans were the idiots who always claimed Votto wasn’t worth his contract bc he wanted to walk and not get hits
The facts about Gregg Berhalter. This is all you need to know..
1. He never won a single trophy at the club level
2. He was fired from his only job in Europe (Swedish 2nd division) for having a bad attack
3. Five years in MLS, finishing 7th, 4th, 18th, 5th, and 10th in the standings. The Crew won MLS Cup 2 seasons after he left
4. Worse PPG in MLS than several other American managers at the time of his hiring- Vermes, Porter, Fraser, Marsch, Curtin.. all with better managerial records than Gregg
5. Has won 1 of 11 (9%) games against top 20 teams not named Mexico as USMNT manager
6. Despite having the most talented team in the region, finished 3rd in WCQ
7. He has the most talented team in American soccer history, but has not once eclipsed any unprecedented heights as USMNT manager.
I have absolutely 0 idea what he’s done to deserve 8 full years as the USMNT coach in such a pivotal time other than being buddy-buddy with some of the players.