So who will be our new Head Coach? There will be jubilation throughout the land!

[Controversial]

God is Great...

And there will be jubilation throughout the land...

Harty where are you brother, let's make a historic run for our nation before we are plunged into the next World War..

[Marcus868]

God is Great...

And there will be jubilation throughout the land...

Harty where are you brother, let's make a historic run for our nation before we are plunged into the next World War..

LET THE HEALING BEGIN!!!!! we saying happy days but who is coming, there is still that fear of the unknown at this moment.
If we get good coach with a proper system, we could make a run for world cup yes. but limited time and he has to come with ideas, vision and to get that 100% support from day 1.....

[Controversial]

 @marcus

The only person brother that can slide in and make a difference is Hart... He deserves a real chance at glory for our nation..

Let the nostalgia begin!

[gawd on pitch]

Angus, you brought the team as far as you can
Thank you for giving us hope. You kept us in League A. Thank you.

The TTFA would not fire Angus without having another person in mind. The job will be advertised. I have a strong feeling that an application from Mr Hart and Mr Yorke will be submitted.

With Andre going to the SPL, Phillips going to a better league, etc.. Things are moving towards making a decent run to the 2026. It's in reach. We need to get our players.

[Fyzoman]

Boy ah Canadian bredda now text me and tell me the news!!

This is effin great news...and here it is I thinking the new TTFA just as bad as the ones before!!

We would have qualified in spite of Eve eh...now we qualifying FOR SURE!!!!

@Marcus868, you're hilarious, the man say let the healing begin yes

[Controversial]

If "Yorke" the smiling assassin is in the running, he will need to be assistant to Hart with all due respect...

Yorke can be an opportunist at times and out for his own ambitions and not that of the nation tbh... Using our national team as a stepping stone for his career. Hart is a true patriot, control should be placed in is hands. Yorke is still learning to be a successful coach...

[Marcus868]

If "Yorke" the smiling assassin is in the running, he will need to be assistant to Hart with all due respect...

Yorke can be an opportunist at times and out for his own ambitions and not that of the nation tbh... Using our national team as a stepping stone for his career. Hart is a true patriot, control should be placed in is hands. Yorke is still learning to be a successful coach...

Absolutely right, Yorke is a national hero, an ambassador for us, a mentor for some.... but he does NOT HAVE a qualifying resume to make him a serious candidate for our national team. He comes with Club football in Australia and a need to beg for jobs... that's not a step in the right direction for us. Realistically only Hart would be the best local coach choice, but we all still hoping that an international coach (preferably european/ south American)... to bring something different, something unique. We have a WC to qualify for. 

[soccerman]

Let's see there's Hart, Yorke, Southgate, Klopp, Berhalter, Moyes, Pochettino, van der Gang, Zidane, Latas, Pep could be in his last year at City, Canada's women's coach could be looking for something soon.....we have options

[lil damo]

Dwight Yorke head coach and Russell Latapy as is chief assistant. Russell as head coach works for me as well. They both did a good job in the A league. Hart makes a lot of sense as well. Any combination of those 3 names works for me.

I appreciated the work Angus did. He left the team in a better place than he met it. I would have given him more time.

[Fyzoman]

FYI, I went to Toyota Park in Chicago years ago when we played the US and Latas was coach...and we sucked so much, that all I wanted was them to pass it to Keon Daniel, who made dribbling the US players seem effortless.

Birchall was still playing then and was inexplicably subbed off in the second half, and Latas never as much as slapped him 'five' as he walked past him to the bench.

I good with local coaches, let them fellas go and coach Bimshire and St. Lucia them...bring a foreigner please....IMFO!

[frico]

Fyzoman,"bring a foreigner please"...IMFO,100%

[gawd on pitch]

Lata has only coached in the region. So no. Maybe in the future.

Yorke, as an assistant under Hart.

Viera is also looking too. His wife is Trini. So maybe a good fit. But I'm not 100% sold on Viera.

Even if Hart is not considered, I still see the TTFA having him involved to some degree. Most fingers are pointing towards Hart. That seems to be the talk online.

Another thing to think about, there might be higher profile coaches applying for the job. Before the coaches take a job, they look at the teams chances of qualifying for tournaments. In this case, TT has a decent chance of qualifying for 2026. This is a huge motivator for a coach. And this can attract many names that are bigger than Hart.

Sainfeit might apply. 

[Controversial]

Sanfeit that SH%$^^%#@   

If Hart is given the team and staff he wants and needs, in full, no questions asked and the Prez of TTFA doesn't morph into The Dictator 2.0 then we are going to the WC 2026...

[soccerman]

I heard Viera's name mentioned in a list of candidates for the US job. I heard say on a recent interview that he'll like to coach a club either playing or has the potential to play CL football. He's a guy that won't put up with our administrative mess in fact most of those foreign coaches won't. I say we bring back Hart, he understands our culture, issues and is solutions oriented with the best interest of the nation in mind. Just pay de man on time because that's unprofessional.

[asylumseeker]

Lata has only coached in the region. So no. Maybe in the future.

Yorke, as an assistant under Hart.

Viera is also looking too. His wife is Trini. So maybe a good fit. But I'm not 100% sold on Viera.

Even if Hart is not considered, I still see the TTFA having him involved to some degree. Most fingers are pointing towards Hart. That seems to be the talk online.

Another thing to think about, there might be higher profile coaches applying for the job. Before the coaches take a job, they look at the teams chances of qualifying for tournaments. In this case, TT has a decent chance of qualifying for 2026. This is a huge motivator for a coach. And this can attract many names that are bigger than Hart.

Sainfeit might apply. 

Saintfiet eh want to see T&T again. Not even on a map.

[asylumseeker]

It's time to appreciate that football in 2024 and WC qualifying should be tied to ppl who understand the environment of WC qualifying in this neck of the woods (the Americas, excluding North America) and/or who possess tactical flexibility, tactical depth and strengths in cultivating players for purpose. We are living in linguistic shackles --- unnecessarily. We need to do some cross-cultural introspection regarding the operative environment, instead of accepting round holes that are not designed for square pegs.

There are a lot of astute coaches in the Americas (excluding North America and the Caribbean) and many are among the most innovative and transformative. Since we have moved past Angus, why not hire past Angus?

The successful coach should exude more than words on a CV or portfolio. Coaching a NT is an exalted platform. For some aspirants, the upside of the opportunity is more appealing than necessarily balancing what they could command at club level. I would like to see a coach selection that bears more than a basic defendable and rational relationship to the objective and ambitions of the NT, that's supported by a properly analytical technical committee. It's time to step into nuance.

We should not be interested in merely opportunistic candidates who lack depth, ppl on a OJT tip, ppl lacking any aspect of what the mission entails or ppl who are incapable of balancing risk with rewards.

[kounty]

i think you singing a nice melody into a hurricane 'seeker. You're talking about the same country that just allowed kenwyne Jones to take our national team to ... and come back demolished, bold faced enough to give the comments he did. unquestioned by the media or anyone and actually looking for the next call. How much do you actually believe what you are saying will fall on receptive ears?

[kounty]

what are your thought on the Maturana tenure? and the comments on the language barrier being an issue?

[Controversial]

@kounty

Maturana had us playing a beautiful brand of football but yes language was an issue...

[asylumseeker]

what are your thought on the Maturana tenure? and the comments on the language barrier being an issue?

I don't have a complete basis on which to comment authoritatively on the internals of Maturana's tenure, but I have a sufficient basis to assert that that experience should not define the present.

Moreover, what I do know is that obstacles to expanding the selection pool are likely to be imposed by our culture and unsubstantiated biases, rather than by the competence of the prospectively interested.

In any event, there is possibly foregone direction (if not conclusions) as to what happens next. We have a lot to learn about ourselves, our delusions, and our relationship to the greater football environment beyond FIFA mandates, acquiescence to CONCACAF, personal agendas and the measured distance of government/Corporate T&T.

We are not hiring coaches to be linguists. We are hiring them to impart methodology we lack. However, I suspect we will hire them to confirm methodologies with which we are familiar. That doesn't strike me as conducive to narrowing the gap.

[kounty]

thanks for the comments. educational.

[ffisback]

Firing a looser like A Eve and hiring another looser like S Hart is a waste of both time and money.

[Controversial]

@ffisback

So who are your top 3 suggestions, would love to hear this? 

[ffisback]

Herman Dario Gomez and Luis Fernando Suarez Guzman will be a good choice for TT.

[Deeks]

personal agendas and the measured distance of government/Corporate T&T.

I agree with these two points.

[Trini _2026]

Ff  how are they good choices

[ffisback]

Both H Gomez and L Suarez has proven they can coach at the international level Columbia plays a similar type of football to TT they both know the region very well their record speaks for itself.

[Controversial]

@ffisback

Dario was under Maturana, yes he's a decent coach and has done well at intl level, Suarez as well did well in 2006 in the WC. I know Seeker spoke about language not being an issue but tbh I believe communication is key and is needed with the players. Unless you are communicating through an asst that speaks spanish.

Do any of them speak english fluently? Dario is with the colombian A league team, will he leave that for national duty?

I think Suarez is also attached as well... Neither of them have any incentive to leave their club careers from what I have read today.

Yes two good choices but we need a patriot and someone who will dig in. We need a Trini to do this...

[Fyzoman]

So that's what we're doing, just speculatively pulling names out of thin air...cool, cool, cool

[Controversial]

@fyzo

 

FFisback catch a vaps and wanted to pull some names out of his A@#