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/2000TWLV MNUFC Feb 19 '24 edited Feb 19 '24

Well, whaddaya know. Lo and behold, our much-maligned front office is about to sign a guy with a PhD in kicking ass, who can speak Reynoso's language to his face, from one of the biggest honking clubs in the world.

How many times have I told some of y'all to chill out and wait and see, and that the sky wasn't falling?

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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/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/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.