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
Don't forget, Miami doesn't have any coach yet... and they're looking to spend... and Dome could potentially be 'high profile' within MLS and MLS standards.

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and we all know how much Dome loves Ben Sweat, so maybe he decided he wants to join him in Miami?
 
if his problems were CFG not spending and getting the players he wants, perhaps another MLS team is ok. But right now, there aren't any MLS teams in the top spending tier that are willing to take him. Unless Chicago, as part of its new image, is going to go on a shopping spree.

But if Dome's unhappiness was due to MLS guidelines moreso than CFG spending, then pretty silly move.

This is very much like Jose going from a complaining about not getting the players he wants from Woodword to a club that hasn't spent any significant money in 5 years.

Totally forgot Chicago has a makeover, I think that’s plausible. I don’t think Miami since I believe they want international flashy name as manager.
 
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Dome, there is a fantastic option available in Orlando. Fantastic city with great culture.

(Laughing imagining Dome living in the armpit of Florida)

If he goes to Orlando, it would just stoke the MLS rivalry machine between us and them.
 
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Can the NYCFC cynics and the rose-colored glasses people agree that if Dome signs with another MLS team than the phrase dumpster fire is 100% appropriate?
I think Domé is a good coach and I wish he stayed. But away from the field I do not have much respect for his judgment or temperament. I specifically think he is thin-skinned and I doubt he quite understands MLS salary cap nuances and limits.

So, no.
 
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I think Domé is a good coach and I wish he stayed. But away from the field I do not have much respect for his judgment or temperament. I specifically think he is thin-skinned and I doubt he quite understands MLS salary cap nuances and limits.

So, no.
My point was that if he leaves for another MLS job given the commentary about why he left, it means the work situation at NYCFC must really be a shitshow.
 
My point was that if he leaves for another MLS job given the commentary about why he left, it means the work situation at NYCFC must really be a shitshow.
Maybe. Maybe not. He may have held a grudge ever since the bosses (rightfully) put the Great Dome on the chopping block early in the season. He’s both a snob and a baby, so it could be a lot about him. I am sure the bosses contributed as well, but this isn’t necessarily a clear indictment.
 
Maybe. Maybe not. He may have held a grudge ever since the bosses (rightfully) put the Great Dome on the chopping block early in the season. He’s both a snob and a baby, so it could be a lot about him. I am sure the bosses contributed as well, but this isn’t necessarily a clear indictment.

That's very fair. I would think he was very hurt about the questions regarding his job performance. He does seem thin-skinned, so it could be as simple as that. But he's also a professional soccer coach who's been around the block. Surely he understands the way the sport works.
 
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Maybe. Maybe not. He may have held a grudge ever since the bosses (rightfully) put the Great Dome on the chopping block early in the season. He’s both a snob and a baby, so it could be a lot about him. I am sure the bosses contributed as well, but this isn’t necessarily a clear indictment.
By itself in a vacuum, perhaps. Coupled with Reyna going to an organization that has a universally despised owner, no.
 
By itself in a vacuum, perhaps. Coupled with Reyna going to an organization that has a universally despised owner, no.
No, not in a vacuum. Fred’s suggestion was that Dome joining another MLS team means that CFG is a shitshow. My point is that given what we know, this could be a lot about Dome. I believe that it’s likely that he was embarrassed and ashamed that anyone could question his abilities. Even worse in a rec league like MLS. It could have been already over at that point. As I mentioned, CFG likely contributed because they are CFG. But this probably is a lot about Dome.

The Claudio situation has nothing to do with it.