I have a nagging feeling I've asked this before but I cannot remember:
Have any other MLS teams in the last 5-10 years have a head coach leave midseason to immediately take another job for money or prestige? Not someone who got fired and landed well, or a mutual split of a team and coach who had gotten tired of each other, but someone who was doing well, the team liked him, but he had an opportunity and packed his bags in-season.
Have there even been reports of negotiations or interviews that then didn't pan out, regarding someone like Tata, or Schmetzer, or anybody might leave midseason?
It is annoying this keeps happening to us. If it doesn't happen I want the rumors over and done by next week. In 2018 the team PPG from the time of the first Vieira rumor (which was about Arsenal) until he left was just 1.38. The rest of the year it was 1.73 and that includes a 13 points in 13 games stretch to close out the season.
The process itself is a distraction. And if he goes, I think for 2022 at least, it's a bigger deal than Taty going. I don't care if you bring in a genius like Pep, or a "steady on" option like Cushing. This team's chemistry is dead perfect, and a midseason coaching change alters that. I'll be happy if proven wrong, and happier if it doesn't happen.