The Morning Shift on 92.9 The Game
To no one's surprise USMNT fires Gregg Berhalter
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Went to the driving range, banged some balls, Rob, as I like to say, and then went to Cancun. It was wing night at Cancun, who's had a margarita, frozen marg, and some wings. I was just a lethargic pile of goo watching the Braves. There it is. Isn't that exciting? And then, trust me, that's normally my life. Same with you, right? All right. Oh, you've hit the front page. And this news coming out of the US soccer, so Greg Berhalter. And I think a lot of people are, a lot of people are calling for this. They have fired him as the manager, a US soccer did, effective immediately. And the announcement comes in the wake of the team's poor showing at the 2024 Copa America, in which the hosts failed to get past the group stage after what two defeats, so Uruguay and Panama. And it was the first time that the US men's national team was eliminated from the group stage of a World Cup, Copa America, or Gold Cup, that it has hosted. They need to fire Tim Way, the kid that got the red card, what, 15 minutes into the match against Panama? It's like, how about some impulse control, man? Control your emotions, brother. Well, and I think that's kind of what led to Berhalter's not that moment, but the energy the team played with a lot of the time wasn't very acceptable for a team of this age and this talent. Well, that's, yeah, a lot of people have talked about how this is one of the most, you know, this is a talented group. And so they should not have been in the position that they were in. And then this statement coming from a US soccer sporting director, Matt Crocker, I think we're now in a better place to have a much more targeted search where I'll be more inclined to go hard and go early with specific candidates that I feel meet the criteria that we're looking for. And a lot of names come to mind. A lot of people I've been talking about Jurgen Klopp, of course, his tenure in Liverpool. So a lot of people are calling for the hiring of him. I'm not sure what to take to do that, but he did retire. And then you also have Gary Southgate. Gosh, you have to name a few. And then Mauricio Pochettino. I mean, the list could kind of go on and on. I'm not sure who they're going to get in here. I know I leave for the Olympics to go cover this men's soccer team on the 19th. So a decision will probably be coming soon. Do you think they'll have a guy that in? I mean, you know, I don't know if they get it done by then, but you know, it's going to, it's going to be quite interesting. You know, I always joke, I never get a normal assignment when I'm doing the first time doing a different thing. It makes it remember exactly. No, it makes it more fun, though. It definitely, I mean, yeah, definitely makes it more fun. And this is definitely a big story. So we'll see how this all unfolds. But I know that they've got to try to go out and get somebody probably big. Yeah, I actually, if you ask me and someone will say, what would, you know, if they, someone went up and their decision making in that group say, what would you do? I said, I would not care who coaches my team in two weeks. I go, what I would care about is who coaches my team in two years when you host the World Cup. And I thought Hercules, I think his Hercules Gomez, he was on ESPN. I have been watching his stuff because he's been doing a lot of stuff with the Copa and the, you know, the Euro stuff and whatever. And he's like, he goes, it's going to sound silly to people listening in America and around the world. Go after everyone. Every big name you can get and some of which you name, he's like, make them tell you no. And then to you find the biggest name that we'll say yes. And in some of those names that you just named, Tiffany, are big names. That's why they are being put out there. And I agree with that. So I, that's just my opinion because I want to see us do something, I'm not saying you have to win it, but do something special when the World Cup is in on our soil. So I just liked it. You're, what is this? You're why players enter the brawl in the stands? Was that in Charlotte last night? I did see the clip of that early this morning. And I was like, whoa, this is leave it to Charlotte to screw it up. Well, I mean, players enter the stands. It doesn't matter the city. Oh, it does. I blame this. I blame, but I blame Charlotte. You blame little Charlotte. What Charlotte ever do to anybody. They're just that little city that tries. Well, they let David temper on a team. I made them a student. I lived there for nine months. Oh, I know. Well, they look, they resent Atlantic as they hate us because they ain't us. Can I ask you a question? Who lives in our shadow more Birmingham or Charlotte? Now it's more so Charlotte. Yeah. Birmingham just kind of gave up Charlotte. Charlotte for work. Just know anyone out there. I did not. I did not say any. I said it. I'm just saying I'm a bystander here. I'm just the host. I travel there once a year. So we need to invade Charlotte and just plunder their resources. Whatever there is. If I'm an invade Charlotte, I want some state to state wars going on. Can we get Derek Brown and that is right. I'm not coming for me. My Charlotte people. I'm just the host. I'm going to continue reading the news. Trying to figure out what to eat for dinner yet again with north sides and bouillon as you're not so secret ingredient. You can skip the drive through and do dinner at home. Nor taste combos provide a menu of delicious, affordable and well-balanced meals that you can prepare in 30 minutes or less. Visit nor.com to get quick and easy recipe ideas for your home cooked weeknight dinners. It's not fast food, but it's so good. Now with the MLB app, you can get baseball your way. 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