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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that MLS is subpar compared to the EPL, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, etc. That much is blindingly obvious. But that's not the reason Klinsmann was fired. He was a complete failure at tactics and strategy, and if you are a national team coach, you cannot be an idiot in those areas. He rode the coattails of Joachim Loew's tactical nous with Germany and got totally exposed with Bayern. Then we buried our heads in the sand about that warning and were surprised when he still turned out to be a tactics idiot with the USMNT.

So he "convinced" some Bundesliga players to play for the US. There is little evidence that Germany had any interest in any of those guys, or I'm sure they would have chased that opportunity. Timothy Chandler, for example, wanted to play in the 2014 World Cup and the way to do that is NOT to be a cap-tied German who plays the same position as Philipp Lahm. There was no way Loew would ever displace their world-class captain to left back, which he didn't like playing any more, to make room for the likes of Timmy Chandler. The dumbest thing was how long it apparently took Chandler to figure that out. John Brooks? At the time he was cap-tied, he was blocked in Germany by the likes of Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels. Fabian Johnson? Was barely playing for Wolfsburg, wasn't going to get a look with all the other horses the Germans had in the barn. Getting these guys to switch when they would have either been buried deep on the bench with Roman Weidenfeller or not made the squad at all is not such a coup.

IMO it was time for him to go. That second half at Costa Rica was a team that had quit. Once that happens, coach is gone.[/quote]

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