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look to how the Pittsburgh Steelers have faith to stay with their managers thru thick &  thin seasons.


No one is questioning the competency of the Steelers head coaches.

We are good enough to beat the best teams, and bad enough to lose to the worst teams. 


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Almost every team that wins the Superbowl in the NFL has a bad year following that achievement. Winning the SS IMO is very similar to that. Considering that fact it is better to keep Armas than fire him. Just look to how the Pittsburgh Steelers have faith to stay with their managers thru thick &  thin seasons.The team needs a consistent way to achieve by maintaining him for its long time goal of capturing the MLS cup.

Just like last time you said this, I'll point out this only works if you have a good manager in place who can, of course, have a down year or two.

You can look at the Bengals and how they stuck with Marvin Lewis for 15 seasons for an example of what happens when you keep an average or mediocre guy in place for continuity reasons.

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Considering that fact it is better to keep Armas than fire him. Just look to how the Pittsburgh Steelers have faith to stay with their managers thru thick &  thin


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Almost every team that wins the Superbowl in the NFL has a bad year following that achievement. ...

Nonsense.  In the NFL, your schedule is determined by how well you did the previous year.  The Superbowl winner gets the toughest schedule and the worst draft picks, in a league where schedule toughness and draft picks are a big deal.      Very different situation in MLS. Also, the Patriots would disagree with you entirely, and the Eagles followed up their Superbowl with two playoff wins the next year.    


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Nonsense.  In the NFL, your schedule is determined by how well you did the previous year.  The Superbowl winner gets the toughest schedule and the worst draft picks, in a league where schedule toughness and draft picks are a big deal.      Very different situation in MLS. Also, the Patriots would disagree with you entirely, and the Eagles followed up their Superbowl with two playoff wins the next year.    

14 of 16 games are on rotation in the NFL. Only 2 of your games are determined on how you did the regular season the previous season. The division winners will play 2 in conference division winners. 2nd place plays 2nd place. 3rd place plays 3rd place. 4th Place plays 4th place. The NFL has the most balanced schedule you can get for a 16 game in 17 week schedule. Something I hope MLS can eventually figure out.



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14 of 16 games are on rotation in the NFL. Only 2 of your games are determined on how you did the regular season the previous season. The division winners will play 2 in conference division winners. 2nd place plays 2nd place. 3rd place plays 3rd place. 4th Place plays 4th place. The NFL has the most balanced schedule you can get for a 16 game in 17 week schedule. Something I hope MLS can eventually figure out.

Exactly... You can see almost the entirety of a team's schedule several years down the road.



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Just like last time you said this, I'll point out this only works if you have a good manager in place who can, of course, have a down year or two.

You can look at the Bengals and how they stuck with Marvin Lewis for 15 seasons for an example of what happens when you keep an average or mediocre guy in place for continuity reasons.


Agreed. Or even look at Marsch. We didnt fire him in 2016 after not following up 2015s SS with silverware, but there were clear signs of progress as far as the system he was building, and the team got better as the season progressed. Individual players improved. There was something to hang your hat on.

This season under Armas, I cant point to any improvement. We regressed individually and collectively in almost every conceivable fashion. Not sure what we saw that is supposed to inspire confidence...

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Giving Armas another year is just going to be wasting a season of the players time.

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Agreed. Or even look at Marsch. We didnt fire him in 2016 after not following up 2015s SS with silverware, but there were clear signs of progress as far as the system he was building, and the team got better as the season progressed. Individual players improved. There was something to hang your hat on.

This season under Armas, I cant point to any improvement. We regressed individually and collectively in almost every conceivable fashion. Not sure what we saw that is supposed to inspire confidence...

 

in 2016, we started the season after having sold Miazga. In turn, we acquired Baah. Obviously, he got injured, in addition to all the never-ending issues we had with the backline during the entirety of the Marsch era. Team acquires Collin in early May after posting a 1W 7L record in the beginning to the season. Things pick up, but Lloyd is discarded since his production dropped. Royer brought in. Everything picks up, with results like 3-3 at TFC. To compare with this yr, was there a defensive stalwart acquired to address glaring issues? You could say that's Tarek. Sims is the closest thing to Royer in terms of midseason acquisition of an attacking player. 

 

Then the playoffs vs MTL happened.

 

And a bunch of the same issues still existed once it was the '16 Playoffs were over. Is there a Plan B when contesting for 50-50 balls doesn't end up in goals? Grella Muyl and Royer crossing the ball to BWP can't be the only method for getting goals when having possession. And this is part of the overall issue: what can the team do when an opponent bunkers and winning the 50-50s aren't enough? And it's only the offseason of 2017 where we begged for a couple of multi-million $$ acquisitions, and got 1 of the 2 players targeted. They had a chance to do something in July, but it got us Ivan instead. 

 

It's due to this where I lay a lot of the issues with the Sporting Director. When it was Curtis, I recall plenty of ppl agonizing as to why we had to play Zizzo and Taxi in defense, when better CB acquisitions/scouting might have been better served to supplement promoting reservists (Long). And now that it's Hamlett, the same issue is rearing its head again.

 

Can't serve a flank steak when all you got to work with is ground up chuck burger meat. Great thing about the '16 season is at the very least, we got the CCL berth. 


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Giving Armas another year is just going to be wasting a season of the fans time.

FYP?

We are good enough to beat the best teams, and bad enough to lose to the worst teams. 


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FYP?


Ha! Yes, that too.

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The team was great under Marsch. Then he left, along with Tyler in the January transfer window, and the team started to suck. So it also stands to reason that Armas is the only real problem here.

 

need to add this for context. 


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The team was great under Marsch. Then he left and the team started to suck. So it also stands to reason that Armas is the only real problem here.

In 2018, the team had a better record under Armas than under Marsch.  The team didn't really start to suck until we lost Tyler Adams. The team has always been bad after Adams left and BWP evaporated.  The team has not always been bad while Armas has been the coach. 


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need to add this for context. 


Sure, but BWP and Kakus production fell off a cliff as soon as Marsch left.

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In 2018, the team had a better record under Armas than under Marsch.  The team didn't really start to suck until we lost Tyler Adams. The team has always been bad after Adams left and BWP evaporated.  The team has not always been bad while Armas has been the coach. 


IMO the team coasted on fumes after Marsch leaving. Kaku and BWP stopped producing at a high rate in 2018, and then Armas turned the press off and got thumped by Atlanta.

Have we been BAD? No. But we havent been good. The tram was 500 this year and looked like dogshit in their biggest game of the year. Yeah yeah injuries blah blah blah, but after that first 20-30 minutes we looked like a U6 team.




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