LA Galaxy--incompetence, mismanagement or plain arrogance

If ever there was a sugar-coated announcement of a manager or coach's firing, I'd say this one would be it.

"There are two good people that for different reasons aren't part of this organization today, and that's a shame," Tim Leiweke, Galaxy investor/operator said.

The Los Angeles Galaxy announced today that its Dutch coach Ruud Guillit resigned due to personal reasons. Also president and general manager Alexi Lalas has been let go.

I think most people who follow soccer could have predicted this without the help of a crystal ball. If management sinks so much money into acquiring David Beckham, they're less than likely to be patient to see results.

Without any inside information we can only speculate as to why Guillit resigned or was let go. No difference really except for the terms of his severance pay or lack of.

Galaxy's co-tenants at the Home Depot Center in Carson,  the owners of Chivas USA must be grinning although not in public.

The one silver lining out of this is that Cobi Jones is going to get a chance to take over the reins of the team. Hopefully there will be minimal micromanagement. 

I suspect when Galaxy wasn't winning, there were all sorts of suggestions coming from Alexi Lalas and company on how and what to do to end their losing streak.

Face Lalas, you don't know a thing about managing. You should stick to your guitar and even then you should find a day job. 

Nothing made that more obvious when you describe the English Premier League as on par with MLS. 

You went on to say, "In England, our league is considered second class, but I honestly believe if you took a helicopter and grabbed a bunch of MLS players and took them to the perceived best league in the world they wouldn't miss a beat and the fans wouldn't notice any drop in quality.''

I'm all for former international players entering management because only then can the destiny of soccer change in the US. But to a point...

Alexi Lalas is just not the right candidate to run the "office." By saying what he said about the English Premier League, he only shows what arrogance and ineptitude is capable of.

Thankfully Lalas' former national teammate Cobi Jones will have a chance to show us what he can do. 

I just hope he is given enough of a chance and the higher ups don't ruin things by micromanaging.

I think Americans owners and bureaucrats in general don't give coaches the latitude they need to call the shots especially when it comes to soccer.

I think if they did that, perhaps we'd have someone like Juergen Klinsmann calling the shots instead of Bob Bradley...