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Message: [QUOTE="ZooCougar, post: 4454963, member: 296"] Jurgen would have been better as a GM. He’s an idea guy and I liked his ideas. Once his players started to age out he tried to find the next group but those guys either didn’t pan out or they weren’t ready. Unfortunately his ideas weren’t aligned with MLS and Soccer United Marketing which is the same thing as MLS. So they blackballed him. He wanted to create an American soccer identity and a style of play that reflected who we were. Direct play, imposing our will on the opponents. If he had this cycle’s pool I think he would have been more successful at implementing this than Gregg. In the last World Cup with him Graham freaking Zusi assisted twice! Even Julian Green scored a goal. Our best striker pulled a hammy and we still scored. Being a German, he’s very blunt and doesn’t hold back. People thought that was rude but he was just being direct. [/QUOTE]