Klinsmann breaks silence; commits to nothing
Jurgen Klinsmann told the Associated Press today that he has been having “informal” talks with Sunil Gulati and the U.S. Soccer Federation about coaching the U.S. Men’s National Team.
We’ve had a couple of conversations. I’m evaluating everything that comes up. I’ll stay in touch with Sunil and see what it leads to. It’s a very casual and relaxed correspondence.
While Klinsmann was careful to not make any commitments, this smacks of a well-timed trial balloon. Jurgen still has some backtracking to do since he said he was going to take a long break from coaching. This interview is a good way for him to clean that up while whetting the appetite of U.S. supporters with quotes like this:
I’ve lived in this country for eight years now, so I’ve followed soccer development in the United States. It’s definitely a very different situation in this country. Obviously, the approach here in the U.S. would be a totally different one. The player-development aspect is a huge aspect.
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[...] It’s about time Jurgen Klinsmann stop pussyfooting around and just take the US Soccer National team coaching gig. (Throughball) [...]
Yeah, what can you really say to that? People have only been talking about Klinsmann since the World Cup.
Forgive the United States Soccer Association for not building a golden statutue of Klinsmann and worshipping at it three times a day. Maybe that’s the reaction he’s looking for. Or perhaps riding him in on a donkey while the fans lay palm branches on the ground in front of him?
I THINK KLINSMANN, LL BE A GREAT PLUS FOR THE U S SOCCER. HE NEEDS SOMETIMES TO MAKE HIS MIND. WE LL GIVE HIM SOMETIMES