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
Question and answer start at 7:21 here: https://www.nycfc.com/post/2019/04/21/dome-reaction-dc-united-0-2-nycfc-0

Not at all clear what he's trying to say but I heard it your way. He goes on to say he's sure he has the confidence of his players because of how hard they train. Then he basically repeats the same answer in Spanish with no hint of "I'm not long for this job," although he does get pretty defensive about what coaches can and can't accomplish.

Oh wait hang on there's another relevant bit here. Around 11:20 while talking about Sands he says "If I have time at this club, in one or two years we'll see three or four academy players. If not, when somebody else comes I guess I'll tell him, 'Look at the academy, because the players are good.' Because I believe this."

I wish the club translated his Spanish answers -- was there anything interesting in his Spanish answers?
 
IIRC Dome played 3ATB last season at the start of the Amagat red card game against RBNY and again between Atlanta's first goal and halftime of the second playoff leg. So a grand total of like half an hour.

Vieira played a 3-5-2 for a few weeks last May between the Red Bulls game and Herrera's injury. It looked good at home against Colorado—but, you know, Colorado.

Three CBs seems to be working well for us. It has allowed Sands to shine even more than he had been, and it allows Ring to sit a little deeper, which is better for him.

The question is who starts back there in place of Callens when he is out. The only possible justification for starting Rocha against Minnesota is that he (like Callens) is left footed. As we saw in Minnesota - better to go with a four man backline than start Rocha.

So, what happens if Callens gets some or all of a game off in this 3-game stretch? I am certainly happy to put Ibeagha in and have a right footed player on the left side (take your pick), but Dome seems fixed on wanted a left footer there.
 
Three CBs seems to be working well for us. It has allowed Sands to shine even more than he had been, and it allows Ring to sit a little deeper, which is better for him.

The question is who starts back there in place of Callens when he is out. The only possible justification for starting Rocha against Minnesota is that he (like Callens) is left footed. As we saw in Minnesota - better to go with a four man backline than start Rocha.

So, what happens if Callens gets some or all of a game off in this 3-game stretch? I am certainly happy to put Ibeagha in and have a right footed player on the left side (take your pick), but Dome seems fixed on wanted a left footer there.


At that point you have to draw a dotted line 10 yards before the half line on our side, and tell Ben Sweat under no circumstances is he allowed to cross that line. Then hope and pray James and Maxime are on top of their game that day
 
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IIRC Dome played 3ATB last season at the start of the Amagat red card game against RBNY and again between Atlanta's first goal and halftime of the second playoff leg. So a grand total of like half an hour.

Vieira played a 3-5-2 for a few weeks last May between the Red Bulls game and Herrera's injury. It looked good at home against Colorado—but, you know, Colorado.

#1 sands was not the player he is now last season. He sort of makes this all work with his distribution as the middle CB.

#2 Heber & mitrita /Tati & isi play off each other and overlap with the FBs better than Villa & anybody last season did.

#3 would love to see yangel in the Ofori roll. But want to see Parks give it a shot. (Even tho Ofori was excellent last match).
 
The usual caveats apply, but this is the first time I've seen a journo come out and say parts of the locker room were unhappy with Dome (and complaining to management!) Not sure why Araos is picking now to air this dirty laundry but interesting nonetheless.

Is anyone else surprised that of all the things to inflame unrest, it was benching ITS?
 
The usual caveats apply, but this is the first time I've seen a journo come out and say parts of the locker room were unhappy with Dome (and complaining to management!) Not sure why Araos is picking now to air this dirty laundry but interesting nonetheless.

Is anyone else surprised that of all the things to inflame unrest, it was benching ITS?

It’s Araos.
 
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I've been talking about it a lot with TheToe, but it seems that Dome has found out that sometimes being a good coach is just throwing your best 11 out there and not trying to out-think the game. We're seeing less pointless possession, more freedom from our midfield to push the attack, and we're trusting our strongest unit, our back three, to not let us down.

Really enjoying this team lately. Hopefully we are seeing the development of a great coach.
 
Lads, it's Araos.
Gotta say I'm a little disturbed by our readiness to make ad hominem arguments. Both because it could blind us to the truth RE: whether the locker room was inflamed by ITS being benched. And also because of our readiness to demonize Araos, even though AFAICT he operates without malice.
 
I suppose this should wait another game to equal a full season, but I don't feel like waiting 3 weeks:

Patrick Vieira first 33 games: 14-10-9 51 points
Domé Torrent first 33 games: 13-8-12 51 points
I don't even know what to think about that. First 10 or 15 games, you could talk about the holdover effect or whatever. But 33 games is a lot. And it is now a completely different team than it was when PV left. So I guess I'm cautiously optimistic?...
 
I don't even know what to think about that. First 10 or 15 games, you could talk about the holdover effect or whatever. But 33 games is a lot. And it is now a completely different team than it was when PV left. So I guess I'm cautiously optimistic?...
Same. On the negative side you could point out the different quality team they took over, but why focus on the negative?
 
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...rk-dome-torrent-lessons-learned-sterling-2019

Standout paragraphs to me:
“It’s not about, OK, we don’t have Villa, we need Chicharito,” Torrent said. “OK, maybe. But maybe it’s not easy to sign these kind of players. Maybe it’s about the salary cap. Sometimes it’s about these players decide to play in Europe. It’s many, many things about that. When that happens, you have to be able to sign the right players and that happened this year.”

“Right now I think I adapt because I understand many things about MLS, about the United States and that is the reason why I want to work here many, many years,” Torrent said. “If it’s possible in this club. If not I have to find another solution, but I’m very happy here."