Frank Yallop's out of LA and thus out of the limelight and that seems to suit him just fine, at least according to Ann Killion of the San Jose Mercury News.
One of the highlights of the column:
"He is an experienced and popular coach who will, with the assistance of (John) Doyle, put together a functional soccer team.
"(Frank) Yallop never got that chance in two seasons with the L.A. Galaxy. He had to kowtow to the preposterous (Alexi) Lalas, the Galaxy's director of ridiculous thinking. And then he was handed an injured international superstar who effectively turned his team into
a three-ring circus. The low-key, no-nonsense soccer coach was ill suited to play head therapist for the traveling freak show."
4 comments:
I stopped reading Ann Killion when Donovan left San Jose and then subsequently the Earthquakes left. She acted like a jilted girlfriend and her writing is unprofessional and rather hysterical.
From the blurb you posted, it seems nothing has changed.
Dylan Hernandez used to have a nice, balanced view of the Earthquakes for the Mercury News, but he's now in LA, writing about baseball for the Times.
The writer has a point about Lalas. "Director of Ridiculous Thinking." That's classic!
I stopped reading Ann Killion when Donovan left San Jose and then subsequently the Earthquakes left. She acted like a jilted girlfriend and her writing is unprofessional and rather hysterical.
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Killion's article seemed pretty much right on the mark. "Director of Ridiculous Thinking" should be how he is introduced and it should be on Alexi's business card.
John.
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