Appraisal

If there is such a thing a must read, then the Mid-Atlantic Soccer Report is it. John Dyson scores quotes from Piotr Nowak, Alecko Eskandarian, and Bryan Namoff. It's chock full of goodness, but let's reflect on one particularly interesting section:

Six games into the season, what do you think the biggest weakness on the team is at the moment?

"Coaching."

Does that include you?

"That's mainly me."

Now, you can say that sort of thing when you're second in your division, and people look at it as a coach being gritty and determined and holding himself to a high standard. Can you just imagine what would happen if Ellinger were to have the exact same conversation? Even these folks would have the "ELLINGER OUT" banners up on the web page.