It's the big question already. Dominating US, soccer circles,
what's next? And maybe who is next for the u.s. bill heart is
contract that you signed.
It's when a team
took in Through This World Cup. So it's going to be really
interesting to see how this shakes out in the coming days
and weeks. But do you feel like now is the right time to move
on for u.s. soccer from Burrell Harter?
And you know, would it surprise us if he walked away or it's
obviously a kind of a dream job for Anna? Any American,
if you're given another contract to go
you know usually it's given a four-year deal, right? To go to
the next World Cup. So is a World Cup on home. Soil coming
up that's going to be such a big Prospect for any manager
but
Focus right now on Bo halter do you think now is the right time
for the u.s. to move on from her?
Yeah so do in the sense that I think
again we've been hope I've been hypercritical of him, but
I don't think he's a terrible coach or anything like that.
I wanted
a different taste. I wanted
And I think it might be the right move, right time for him
to move on as well, because there will be clubs out there
that view him as his star is higher than it's been. Maybe
they didn't think the US were where they were and they see
what the US did against England and
he's already managed in Europe. He's done it in Columbus
and I don't know. I mean, he's 49 years old, if he sticks
around another four years for this team in its prime at
the World Cup, you have to trust
That he's learned
so much enough and gained enough, wisdom and gained
enough wisdom in to know when he's wrong, because that's
the biggest thing I took from this is this guy
always takes one more beat before he admits that, okay? My
original inclination was wrong. So
I like him.
I like him as a manager for what he was able to do and
the stabilization of the program but he can leave now
and come back in eight years if it doesn't work from somewhere
else. And he does seem like the guy
Tactics and all that and play. A relationship that wants to be
doing it more often and you need Club ball for that.
Yeah, that's a really good point. I think you're right on
the soil of his star has risen during this world cup at least,
maybe not in the US but internationally being here in
England RC all USA, a great team, such a great coach team.
You got Louis, van how
coming out and saying that the best team
as a unit in the world cup and how well drilled they are and
the shape and everyone knows what they're doing in the clear
playing style. So I think
I wouldn't be Sized if Bill hotter moves on
and maybe picks up a job,
a really good job in England or in Germany somewhere or
you know, I don't know, it's just the kind of fear I have.
Maybe,
what was that? The next Watford boss? Yeah, something like
that. Like a championship team. Who's going to come up to
the Premier League. You can build something and,
you know, get his message across.
I do not think he's bad coach at all. I think
out wide. We saw the u.s. Dominate a lot of teams, but
then against the Netherlands, they would dominate it out
wide. And I don't
He has a plan B, be it
for tactically during games
or even with the Personnel, he's not flexible enough
to say. We're going to play a false 9 and Chuck, you know,
you don't have job. Sergeant, who was your trip First Choice
to go up there in the game against the round you had to
play because he was injured,
you don't have to replace them with another number 9, just
because you have one, you can change things up and be more
flexible. And I think that is the one criticism of great ball
harder is that you kind of picks, unnecessary battles
being at with
Geo Rainer? Or just the center back situation? Well, that's it.
So they don't
know, you said it now. I needed to jump into this part of it
because
I would probably I know this sounds silly but Geo Rana is
19. He's the son of program royalty on one side at both
sides of his family actually and
was what were those little Whispers we heard during
the turn it during the group stage about discontent and players
wondering why he wasn't out there? Is that true because
in Ariza side, the one of the three or four guys, I would bet
on being at the 2026 World Cup is Geo Rana and if you have
done anything wrong with that relationship than maybe
that could be a Tipping Point. I know that sounds silly but
Raina. Is that good? You have people saying that by the time,
he's pulled six age, he might have passed, he might have
passed would pull 06, doing and that's,
that's unheard of,
I think credible. It's incredible. I mean, what are
some of the reasons to keep Bohol time? We talked a lot
about may be a good time to move on and tactically some of
the issues. But you know, we have to remember they didn't
get to the World Cup in 2018,
basically built the program back up from
from scratch. Obviously the talent pool has been excellent, but
we kind of have to salute the stability. He's given
the u.s. national team, got to a World Cup. And then
I think he did exactly the job that was after them with
a group of players that he had. I don't think they could have
that much more than get out. Get out of the group and
have a good show in the last 16, which they did for large
parts of that game against the Netherlands. So are there some
reasons too? That you would keep him on.
There are I mean I would say to that point that you made,
that's the difference again between that's why our grades
are different. Is we have different expectations. I think
they were capable of beating
a legacy program like the Netherlands who is not at their
full Legacy potential that it was there for them today. They
threw
Greg Burkhalter, literally threw away, the first half of
the game by starting Jesus. Ferreira, there were so many
times when you watch that back and I watched the first 10
minutes back to see if I was being too.
Harsh. And there were so many times where the play is
converging moving towards him and for errors a little late to
go or and I don't think he's a bad player either, but he's
young,
he hasn't played in a month and a half
and the strikers need to be ready to go. And you've used,
I mean, if you couldn't use Sergeant use, right, but
I think the answer was there all along in Tim waya
so fast and having waya, having that back line Timber
is the most important one to trouble
because it's funny Nathan r k can be a little bit shaky and
we said a key could be shaky
Van Dyke. We know is a step slow
but Timber is entering his Prime and if you want to
challenge him on that side you need guys moving and cutting in
and cutting out. Aronson might have drawn a red card because
he everyone hates playing against him too.
So for me they threw away the first half of a knockout round
game but reasons to keep them.
If we if you assume that he's well-liked, which I think you
can assume
the system is right. The system can succeed. We haven't seen it
with a number 9, they can still grow a number nine, who know,
maybe the genealogy people are out there, trying to find out
who's the best striker in Europe,
whose uncommitted and has American
blood lines, but
the system you're right. It wasn't bad.
You can do worse than Greg Burkhalter,
I just want them to do better.
Yeah it felt like at times the
it's weird. It was a half the time. It felt like
he the way he set the team up was get in
the best and the maximum out of this group of players and half
the time it felt like he was holding him back a little bit
and
not having the right players out there really
thought of this team from being a great attacking threat as
well as they were a Midfield and create. And so I think it's
really on the flip of a coin. And if you think about the US
soccer Federation,
do they want stability?
God, I know who can
if they don't qualify automatically can probably get
them through qualifying and can lead them through a group stage
because he's done it as a last walker. I'm just thinking of
how he's going to stack up the argument when it comes to
the contract. Talks. Yeah. But Joe couldn't they use
how ambitious that have to be as a program, right? Nick,
that's the thing. I think, think this, this goes almost
beyond that. I don't think they have to be super ambitious,
but it would do a lot of good for them and the,
the reputation of the Federation,
if they went through an interview process,
SS with more than two people.
This is this is new leaders picking the guys that's nothing
against again, Burkhalter could come back. If they the way that
they brought Bruce Arena back. If they need that in 68
years and they brought Greg bird halter back and be like,
alright, this can steady the ship, I would like it better
than doing it with Arena.
Yeah, I agree with you but I think now the like I said
before the pull of
Taking a US team to a World Cup on home soil in 2026. That is
going to appeal to
a lot of managers that maybe would have looked the other way
in the past. You know what I'm saying? They want to be
the hero, the center of attention for all those years building up
to
Jose, Mourinho is what you're saying?
Hey, you said, you said it here for? I felt like this is
written in the stars for him
to do that. So hey maybe him Antonio Conte, Tommy, too cool.
Jesse Marsh.
Probably the most obvious choice by that point. So Jim
curtain Philadelphia Union did a great job but
we're going to have something on this some pro soccer talk
and NBC sports.com in the coming days, looking at
the potential candidates to replace Creek Bohol, to analyzing his
time in charge of u.s.
national team so far. So head over to the site
and there's going to be a lot of Fallout after the wall World
Cup exit for Greg. Bow hotter and is very young us team. We
have to remember that.