Domènec Torrent Appointed NYCFC Head Coach (June '18) / Mutually Agree to Part Ways (November '19)

What Are Your Thoughts on Torrent as NYCFC Head Coach?

  • Quite Really Pleased

    Votes: 8 20.5%
  • Really Pleased

    Votes: 13 33.3%
  • Pleased

    Votes: 16 41.0%
  • Neither Pleased or Displeased

    Votes: 1 2.6%
  • Displeased

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Really Displeased

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Quite Really Displeased

    Votes: 1 2.6%

  • Total voters
    39
I'm curious about why he hasn't been hired away/looking to lead in 11 years. The first time he decides to break away is under the protection of CFG. A little unnerving given how brutal this media market is. My biggest questions are about how he'll adapt to the pace of life in NYC and what type of personality he brings to the position.

All those trophies sound nice but he wasn't the guy.
 
A little unnerving given how brutal this media market is.
That worry should be much, much less significant for soccer though. As noted many times and in particular with respect to this process with Vieira, our local reporters and publications have no access and give no scrutiny to, and the public at large gives no fucks about, NYCFC. We have about two dozen people (generously) between these boards and reddit who are going to pay attention to the ins and outs of Torrent’s tenure, but even our version of mad online is pretty gosh darn mild. If occasionally the Post runs a story when we lose a big game (or, Lord willing, win one), that’s it—it disappears in a couple of days. My bet is the dude can handle it.
 
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I'm curious about why he hasn't been hired away/looking to lead in 11 years. The first time he decides to break away is under the protection of CFG. A little unnerving given how brutal this media market is. My biggest questions are about how he'll adapt to the pace of life in NYC and what type of personality he brings to the position.

All those trophies sound nice but he wasn't the guy.

Maybe he has been? Would you rather be the top assistant in Barcelona or the manager of Leeds United?
 
Will Dome's hiring have any sort of bearing on a potential Iniesta signing?

I'd rather not sign Iniesta (for reasons others have already, so eloquently, professed on these boards), but that doesn't mean it's not a possibility (remote, of course). If Iniesta and Dome are as close as we might expect, could this be a portent of things to come? Maybe the wait in announcement had to do with a contingency as to whether Iniesta would be a target for acquisition.

Well Iniesta has literally in the last couple of weeks signed a two-year contract with Vissel Kobe in Japan, so I don't see it happening.
 
Also, I don't think that anyone has posted this. The club has done a Q&A on Torrent's appointment with Marti Perarnau, who is a biographer of Pep and the closest thing you could get to describing someone as a "journalist of the Barcelona style of play":

https://www.nycfc.com/post/2018/06/12/welcomedom-nec-mart-perarnau-qa
After reading that, specifically what he’s done for MCFC’s set pieces, I suspect we’re gonna finally jettison the zonal marking on corner kicks.
 
Also, I don't think that anyone has posted this. The club has done a Q&A on Torrent's appointment with Marti Perarnau, who is a biographer of Pep and the closest thing you could get to describing someone as a "journalist of the Barcelona style of play":

https://www.nycfc.com/post/2018/06/12/welcomedom-nec-mart-perarnau-qa

No more zonal marking!!!!!

NY: What is Domènec like as a man? What do the players think of him?

MP: He’s very similar to Pep. He’s very passionate, hard-working, and detail-oriented. He analyzes a lot of rival games to try to find even the smallest details. This season we have seen Manchester City score goals from the corner and free kicks, in which Domènec has been a key person in identifying the rival team’s moves and how Manchester can take advantage to score goals.

Edit: saw I was beaten to the punch.
 
I'm a CFG skeptic, as I explained over multiple posts on Sunday in the PV departure thread when the big rumor was Rodolfo Borrell was going to be the replacement. Borrell's background pushed too many wrong buttons for me. Torrrent's resume avoids every one of those. We have a better idea of what his role advising Pep has been, his primary background is coaching not development, and he has experience as head coach/manager of a team in competition. Given we are a CFG team and our situation of having PV leave mid-season, this is probably the best possible outcome. I'll even go further, and say we would almost certainly do worse if we were not a CFG team. So I'm happy, and even excited about this. Maybe that helps you think about this a different way. But everyone has their own limits.

Yes, everyone has their own limits. Well said. I appreciate you providing your input without belittling my feelings of the situation. I do agree that having the CFG connection gave the team an easier path out of the situation (PV leaving), but who was it that put us in that position to begin with? CFG hired a coach out of their system who didn't care enough about this team to stick around until the end of his contract. Sure, that's PV's doing, but it's on CFG too. They made the hire. He was their guy.

Anyway, I'm more upset about the process than I am about the guy (for now, since I don't know too much about him and we'll have to see some results). We're clearly going to be a stepping stone for CFG guys on their way up, which is a bit rough. It's understandable from time to time if it's a perfect fit or the best candidate out of a number of candidates... but they don't even seem to be considering candidates outside of the CFG family, which is just ridiculous. Clearly, CFG knew PV was leaving a while ago... they had time to include other candidates in the search, or could have even had an interim until after the WC (when many many coaches would have become available). But instead, they just hire the next CFG guy.
 
if we were independent wed probably get Arena
Not sure how serious you're being, but IF you're being serious, I don't think that's accurate or fair. There are plenty of great coaches out their (and will be a lot more after the WC ends). Not to mention, other independent teams in the league have landed quality coaches. Tata Martino is the best example, obviously. He's only one example, but I think Atlanta is an extremely fair comparison for us... they are an even newer franchise than us, after all.
 
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