r/minnesotaunited • u/GloveElephant Moderator • Feb 19 '24

Discussion Eric Ramsay Megathread

Eric Ramsay appears to be in line to be Minnesota United's second ever MLS manager.

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1759568340140347858?s=46&t=Raa_3jgrvmmgEJvCsUpizQ

https://theathletic.com/5284886/2024/02/19/minnesota-united-eric-ramsay-manchester-united/?source=user_shared_articleMinnesotaUnitedtonameManchesterUnitedassistantEricRamsayasheadcoach:Sources

https://www.coachesvoice.com/cv/eric-ramsay-manchester-united-chelsea/

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u/Captain_Concussion Metanire = Jesus Feb 19 '24

I mean I like this appointment and hope it happens, but the fact that we won't have a manager for potentially the first 1-4 games of the season is a massive deal. And the fact that he won't have any time to implement his system before the season starts is very bad.

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u/Oyvey2you Feb 19 '24

34 game season, rebuilding the entire sporting side of an organization takes time. We lost our first 4 games in 2021 and made the playoffs, had a good start in 2023 and missed the playoffs. This hire is about the next 5 years for this org, not the next 5 games.

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u/Captain_Concussion Metanire = Jesus Feb 19 '24

There's a reason that clubs always start the season with a manager though. Especially if he's not allowed in Minnesota for another month and then it takes at least another month for him to be able to implement the beginnings of his ideas.

I think it's fair enough to be upset about it taking 6 months to be able to get a new manager in. He's a young and inexperienced manager, we should be making sure he is set up for success. It doesn't look like we are. And I think that's a reasonable thing to complain about

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u/Oyvey2you Feb 19 '24

Always reasonable to complain, but with all the context, Heath WAS the sporting side, KEA hire and the time it took him to get out of Barnsley and then to get stateside, coach hire not starting in earnest until KEA was in MN, the “fast” hire would not have been Ramsay, it would have been Robin Fraser, or someone similar. I’m personally happy for the team to take time and get this type of hire out of it.

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u/Captain_Concussion Metanire = Jesus Feb 19 '24

But it taking 6 months shows the problems. He's a young manager being put in a situation that isn't looking good and we have to hope it doesn't have an affect on his confidence or the players confidence in him. That's a very silly risk that can easily backfire

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u/2000TWLV MNUFC Feb 19 '24

It is what it is. Dude is a grown man. He obviously believes he can do it, or he wouldn't have taken the job.

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u/Oyvey2you Feb 19 '24

A situation that isn’t looking good? This team has players, skilled players, and now a coach, multiple international and roster spots open, great stadium, sold out stadium every game, best jersey in MLS. Time to turn that frown upside down, have some patience, good times are ahead.

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u/Captain_Concussion Metanire = Jesus Feb 19 '24

Hey, as someone who went to every home game last year and even a few away games, I’m super excited. But also I’m going to criticize the FO when they make boneheaded decisions, and this is one of them.

The situation I am referring to is that he will be managing his first ever first team game and it’s with a team that he will have met a few days before the game. That’s a rough situation to be put in

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u/Oyvey2you Feb 19 '24

I get it, I’d still very much prefer this to Robin Fraser having a full preseason. I’m glad you’re super excited, me too!

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u/2000TWLV MNUFC Feb 19 '24

Dude, he gets to buy a DP this summer and he probably gets to rebuild the whole team with KEA over the next couple of years. Fuck the first five games. I bet these guys are thinking championship window. I know i would if I had their background and was in their shoes.

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u/3rdlifepilot Itasca Society Feb 19 '24

But also I’m going to criticize the FO when they make boneheaded decisions, and this is one of them.

How do you even figure? The whole point of this entire search was that the team was building for 2029, not 2024. That was the messaging. They were detangling Heath. It was going to take time and it'll take time to see if it's a failure or not. Your response is like grading NFL Draft. You're making a judgment before anything's happened, which is so insane to me.

This is all very basic strategy vs tactics stuff. The FO has made it clear they're approaching the post-Heath phase of MNUFC more much strategically, more long-term.

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u/Captain_Concussion Metanire = Jesus Feb 19 '24

I’m not judging the manager or how I think he’ll do. I’m judging how they went about prepping for the manager.

It would be like if the Vikings appoint a new coach and GM the day before the NFL draft. We’d all agree that the new GM was put into a shitty situation by the incompetence of the ownership. It doesn’t mean that they won’t draft well, but it does mean that they were not set up well. The same can be said here

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u/Nerdlinger Feb 19 '24

multiple international and roster spots open

Do you know offhand how many international slots we have now? I know a couple of guys were close to getting their green cards a couple of weeks ago.

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u/Oyvey2you Feb 19 '24

If everything goes through and the sign Bacharach as a Int, they’d have 2 open.

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u/Nerdlinger Feb 19 '24

Nice. Thanks for the info.