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
Falastur said:
*cough*

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Why former Rangers and Arsenal star has been at Man City

Manchester City have been hosting the Holland international leading to reports that he has a job lined up with the Blues.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Sadly this story refuses to go away, partly because goal.com love repeating rumours they hear as fact without verifying them.

Note that the above article was released following rumours made in the press more than a month ago (check the date) yet goal.com are still reporting this like it's a fresh story. I'd also point out that the MEN these days get a lot of their news stories direct from CFG sources after spending quite a lot of effort cosying up to them, so I'd trust their articles a lot more than anyone else's.
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Whether or not the van Bronckhorst to NYCFC thing is true, it's super weird how it showed up all of a sudden in several rags with supposedly independent sourcing. Hard to figure why someone's trying so hard to float the rumor, and if the Manchester Evening News followup is CFG trying to shoot it down that just makes it even stranger.
 
dummyrun said:
Whether or not the van Bronckhorst to NYCFC thing is true, it's super weird how it showed up all of a sudden in several rags with supposedly independent sourcing. Hard to figure why someone's trying so hard to float the rumor, and if the Manchester Evening News followup is CFG trying to shoot it down that just makes it even stranger.
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Oh, it showed up originally because van Bronkhorst himself told a Dutch paper back at the start of September that he'd been spending time coaching with CFG teams. A whole load of British papers and websites then took up the story (some of them using sources to verify that he had in fact spent time there, no doubt) and because it's pretty unusual for someone to coach a team without taking employment there, they then collectively-but-individually put together the assumption that he must be on CFG's books, and that led to the idea that he was being lined up for a future CFG management position because that idea of working through several CFG departments before taking a step into management is very similar to what Patrick Viera did.
 
Falastur said:
Oh, it showed up originally because van Bronkhorst himself told a Dutch paper back at the start of September that he'd been spending time coaching with CFG teams. A whole load of British papers and websites then took up the story (some of them using sources to verify that he had in fact spent time there, no doubt) and because it's pretty unusual for someone to coach a team without taking employment there, they then collectively-but-individually put together the assumption that he must be on CFG's books, and that led to the idea that he was being lined up for a future CFG management position because that idea of working through several CFG departments before taking a step into management is very similar to what Patrick Viera did.
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Nah, there's more to the story than that. Goal and a couple English tabloids all simultaneously "understood" that he was lined up for NYCFC, meaning someone credible (club source, agent, etc.) bothered to tell that to each of them. That kind of thing is what makes the soccer tabloid world go round, I just don't really understand the incentives at play here. Maybe he's in talks for a coaching job somewhere else and wanted leverage?
 
dummyrun said:
Nah, there's more to the story than that. Goal and a couple English tabloids all simultaneously "understood" that he was lined up for NYCFC, meaning someone credible (club source, agent, etc.) bothered to tell that to each of them. That kind of thing is what makes the soccer tabloid world go round, I just don't really understand the incentives at play here. Maybe he's in talks for a coaching job somewhere else and wanted leverage?
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I mean, short of anyone here actually working for CFG we can't be 100% sure. Time will tell I guess.
 
I've liked Gio since his time with Rangers way back when. Of course I don't want Dome out based on current form or Dome pushed out for Gio but if Dome is going regardless wouldn't complain about Gio being the replacement.
 
Davo15 said:
I've liked Gio since his time with Rangers way back when. Of course I don't want Dome out based on current form or Dome pushed out for Gio but if Dome is going regardless wouldn't complain about Gio being the replacement.
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I want a Vermes-like coach. Reliable, stays a long time, brings structure.
I don't like this 'swtich managers every two years' thing.
 
Davo15 said:
I kind of think that might have been the original plan with Kreis but it didn't work out so they've went in another direction
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I agree. I also think that with Vieira leaving in the middle of the season we were caught in between a rock and a hard place in that there were no MLS level coaches available, let alone one that fit city's bill. I feel Dome may actually be here for another year or two at least. He likes NYC and the ability to be low key and hit up Duke Silver's Jazz club during the week. He's also older and has limited head coaching experience (before us, relatively none), so most European clubs will presumably be looking elsewhere. I don't see Dome using us as a stepping stone like Vieira did, who was a new coach looking up towards European coaching gigs. Some consistency would be nice. Although, that could also mean a Tottenham-esque collapse of mind and body after too much Pochettino.

It will be interesting to see, as maybe Dome misses Pep/Spain/Europe and will want to head home sooner rather than later. Or maybe City's goal is to use us as a coach in training type club to build progress after Pep and the "City way." I hope he does stay and continues building a free form team similar to the Dutch vision of Total Football.
 
Maybe there's something to those Gio rumors then. He did lead Feyenoord to trophies which is actually a rarity these days. Arguably had a more impressive coaching stint in the Eiridivisie than the guy in charge at Atlanta right now.
 
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