Crapids get a new boss... finally!

[Deuce]

Colorado Crapids, otherwise known as 'that team on the other side of the hill!'
have a new boss as reported by Fox Sports

The Colorado Rapids introduced today, former United States National Team defender, Fernando Clavijo as the new Head Coach.

[SoccerPrime]

Loser team now has a loser coach. They were better off with Hankinson. What a farce. Good job Crapids!

[Rocky J Squirrel]

Is there a shortage of First Divsion coaches in the US?
With Musical Chair replacements "he has experiance"versus facing the Media's and formun's wisdom of "he is unqualified---he has no experiance", what is the solution?

Import foreign coaches? It has not worked well in the past, as the cultural and social makeup of American Players (in any sport) is very different than from where the coach has experiance. Language is also a problem.

Promote assistants? Should work but have they gained the experiance they need?

Hire succesful Lower Division and College coaches? Is the skill level and competion so much greater that they can't compete?

Apprenticeship/development program? A program to educate and develop coaches is probably needed. Probably a little different than the "vocational" school for coaching licences, as in Germany, for over the hill players addicted to soccer.
The USSF progession of D,C,B,A credentials: Has it produced any MLS coaches? Or is it a "profit program" screening process that eliminates the non-orthodox (who doesn't teach by the book, "making space") or who can lead and teach but because of a bad knee can't demo the skills.
Some Universities have Soccer Coaching as a PE major program. Are they doing the job of producing HS, Youth club, College, Lower Division and MLS coaches? Do they need more exposure to "real life" situations. Chris Watkins coached at BYU for years then played a season with the Blitzz. It really opened his eyes to the next level of intensity even Third Divsion ball is from Club and NCAA level stuff.

Developing players to coaches? They may know the drills and routines having been exposed to them for years but does that quallify them? Leadership knowlege and skills may be taught but the intangibles and inate stuff can't be taught. Coaches must have a layer deeper understanding of the game than the players. The player's coaches must teach this to his players. Do they all do this?

A leadership role is only secure when you have trained your replacement. Most management types and coaches are insecure when they have competant underlings, but the great build on it. LaVel Edwards for example.

Comments or experiances?

[Jim Umber]

I would think that the best players do have that "deeper layer of understanding of the game". That's what makes them truly great players. Skills can be developed by nearly anyone, but the best players also understand what's going on at a deeper level.

On the other hand, coaches need to be able to evaluate players; to understand how they will fit into the team, and how their particular skills and understanding will help the team. That's not something that players would necessarily pick up just from playing. I'm also not sure how well it could be taught.

[Jose Luis Luviano]

If Poseur Inter felt that they had to hire a Retread Spanish-speaking coach, why not Octavio Zambrano?

At least Zambrano would have them losing most of their games 5-4 instead of 1-0.