Fire lose, fire Dave
By: Tom | June 17th, 2007OK. I haven’t seen the game yet, which I know means I have failed you as a Fire blogger and myself as a Fire fan, but this recap from the DCenters says much about the state of the Fire: “These are the kind of games I dream of. Games where we get an early lead. Games where we extend that lead. Games that never seem in doubt. Games that, if one were perhaps ungrateful and churlish, you might say it was a bit boring at the end. Fine. I’ll take boring.”
The Fire are fodder for other fans dreams. That’s an appalling state of affairs. Anyone watch the game, and have anything to add? Please, fill in on the events for your derelict blogger.
Oh, and unless someone can find a compelling set of reasons otherwise, it surely is time for Dave to collect his things and leave Toyota Park. I know we’re missing players, but this is MLS, not the Premiership. The Fire have only managed one win and one tie since May began. I’m jumping off the fence and onto the fire Dave bandwagon.
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Might as well fire him. He hasn’t given us any reason not to. It makes us look worse keeping him as skipper when all he does is dress bad.
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I agree that he needs to be fired not only for what has transpired this year, but for past decisions that have led to this dismal state of affairs. Some of the players on the field are not up to par and the team’s play surely isn’t: two factors that are directly attributed to more than a couple of weeks of poor coaching. Nothing personal Dave, but you’ve got to go if this league is going to keep raising its standards.
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The case for firing Sarachan resides in roughly the same area for keeping Steve Nicol around the Revs camp. Sarachan’s not doing as well in building the Fire’s depth - AND he’s compiling a crapola record to boot. Apart from Adam Cristman, the Revs’ latest group isn’t lighting up the league, but they’re serviceable and growing. The same doesn’t seem to apply to the Fire.
Add it all up and you’re nearing complete failure. Fire the man.
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I flew out to DC with my buddy to go watch the Fire play…all I can say is that I’ve been a Fire fan since ‘98 and this is the first time that I am ashamed of this team. I felt worse than the way RFK stadium looks…and that’s pretty damn bad. This team is awful!John Guppy needs to be forced out of the front office with Sarachan right after.
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I played for Dave while he was an assistant coach and think he is a great strategist but not a motivator of players, especially ones with big egos and little intelligence. He is great with people who step on the field always motivated to play their best but has trouble dealing with prima donnas. Ultimately, being a good head coaching requires you to sometimes ligt a fire (no pun intended)under the average players when the stars can’t play and also get rid of troublemakers no matter how good they are–Dave doesn’t have that ability. I believe he is the best assistant coach in the US but I was surprised he was ever hired as a head coach. Having said that, he is a great guy that personally taught me a tremendous amount about the game. He is also a realist that knows a head coach is measured by wins and losses. So, whatever anybody reports about him and how he thought his firing was unfair doesn’t know the guy. No one roles over in an iterview and says “yeah, I really haven’t done a good job and I deserve to be fired.” Anyone who does, should be fired on the spot for stupidity and anyone that hires them should be fired for for the same reason. I think his firing was the best thing for the Fire given the team’s composition. As a last comment, I think I should mention that he rarely has a bad word to say about anyone and wouldn’t hold a grudge against his worst critic. Good luck Dave and it’s great being able to sit at my computer and type all nuggets of wisdom about soccer without being held accountable for results, kind of like a sports writer.
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