Comments on: Scotland… Becoming Totally Cool With Mediocrity. Costa Rica… Less So

By: Lingering Bursitis

Lingering Bursitis — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:56:21 +0000

I’ve been racking my brains all morning to figure out who Burley reminds me of, and then it hit! This guy!

Lazlo Soot from Smokin’ Aces aka Tommy Flanagan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJALTooD4U

By: Goat

Goat — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:18:31 +0000

I seem to recall seeing that vacant stare somewhere else before but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Oh yeah:
http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-sports/2009/06/medium_Bob%20Bradley.jpg

By: Precious Roy

Precious Roy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:49:34 +0000

Didn’t say they were analogous. Just said that, vis-a-vis employment status, one country seems okay with a manager that didn’t really produce the necessary results and another country (two actually) isn’t. There are a lot of dissimilarities between the countries and the spots they are in at this point.

I’m actually think that the firing of Kenton doesn’t do much to boost Costa Rica’s chances in the US… or rather, any chance the Ticos have of picking up points here are more a function of our underwhelming form and middling managerial decisions that with CR’s form, talent, or manager.

By: corky

corky — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:27:04 +0000

For the analogy with Costa Rica to completely work, wouldn’t Scotland have had to fire Burley a few games ago? Even if Scotland fires him how, what’s the point? Let him finish the campaign and blow it up after that.

And, I am now terrified that the USMNT will crap the bed when we play CR at home. I have no faith.