Lalas Fired, Gullit Resigns

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Lalas Fired, Gullit Resigns; Sweeping Changes In Los Angeles
Topic Started: Monday Aug 11 2008, 03:52 PM (27 Views)
WeatherManNX01	Monday Aug 11 2008, 03:52 PM Post #1
The Emperor Posts: 12,159 Group: Commissioner Member #4 Joined: December 9, 2005 NFL Team New England Patriots NBA Team Boston Celtics NHL Team Boston Bruins MLS Team New England Revolution NCAA Team Penn State Nittany Lions	From the Los Angeles Times: Quote: In a pair of sweeping changes brought about by a Major League Soccer season in meltdown, the Los Angeles Galaxy today removed Alexi Lalas as team president and general manager and Ruud Gullit as coach. In its official statement on the changes, AEG, which owns the team, said that Gullit had resigned "for personal reasons" and that Lalas' contract was up at the end of the year and that the team decided to part company now rather than wait. Cobi Jones will take over from Gullit as the Galaxy's interim coach. The team's longest-serving and best-known player before the arrival of David Beckham, Jones had served as assistant coach under Gullit since November. The changes were not altogether unexpected. The Galaxy has not won its last seven games and is 6-8-5 overall in a season in which, with a healthy Beckham, it had been expected to contend for the MLS title. The team also failed to qualify for the U.S. Open Cup. In recent weeks, the atmosphere in the locker room has been anything but cohesive, with finger-pointing common among the players. Also, the relationship between Lalas and Gullit was not a positive one, with the former U.S. international star trying to maintain control and the former Dutch international player frustrated by the constraints imposed by MLS. Full article. Wow. I figured Lalas would get canned, but I wasn't expecting Gullit to leave. I think Cobi Jones will do well as interim coach; he was a good player, and no one wanted to see him retire. It's good to see him still in the game. Anyway, clearly things exploded in the Galaxy offices. I wasn't expecting anything to happen this quickly.



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