On the Unfiltered Soccer Show podcast, hosted by former USMNT legends Landon Donovan (
@landondonovan) and Tim Howard (
@TimHowardGK), they discussed Jim Curtin’s dismissal.
Donovan: "I hate this. I cannot tell you how much I hate this. Sports are about expectations. When Jim Curtin took over, the Philadelphia Union were an afterthought—exciting new club, whatever—but nobody thought about them in the same way...And now you're firing him because he has one bad year. Look, we don't have all the context of what's gone on behind the scenes, except that he's a great human being. Jim's great; everybody loves him. And this is just a joke to me. It's just a joke."
Howard: "I think the good news is that somebody soon is going to get a very, very good coach. And look, on the expectations side—and you'll never convince me otherwise, so don't try, even though you can send us your comments—winning is everything to me. Like, if you have a guy who's a winner and you happen to have a down year, so be it. Forget all the outside vitriol and all the noise. You've got a really, really good—maybe even great, in this league—MLS head coach. He's had one bad season. Certainly his resume and history dictate that he gets another chance.
And what he's done on a low budget at a club that sells young players—the fact that he's had that success... it's difficult. It's difficult to see that and for him to be let go. But, as I said, someone is going to get a very, very good head coach."
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