SuperClub? Or SuperDud?

Interesting -

From the SoccerApprentice -

You would have thought that AEG would have been happy to have had only one unlikeable, blustering idiot as the General Manager of the Metrostars. But by all indications, well, they just appointed another.

The much vaunted appointment of Alexi Lalas as the new President and General Manager of the Metrostars is slowly becoming more and more like an extension of the Sackiewicz reign, by proxy. The word out there is that he is neither liked by the players, front office personnel, or anyone for that matter. Aside from the self-aggrandizing press conferences of Lalas in shades, there isn't much substance to what he is doing.

What he has done so far, has royally ticked off people. His first act was to fire a couple of team staff. He didn't event have the courtesy to tell them himself. Instead, they walked in one day to find their stuff gone. Mr. Lalas must have been elsewhere because it was left to Coach Bradley to inform them that they had been fired.

And in the locker room, it is said that the only time Lalas is seen is when he has to yell at someone. Long gone are the days of the long haired hippy freak, happily strumming his guitar. I guess fame and fortune does go to your head....

And what does AEG think of Lalas? Well, much like Sackiewicz, Lalas has convinced the hire ups that he is an effective manager and has all the solutions to the clubs problems. Too bad that doesn't include a self assessment. This is the same outfit that replaced Peter Wilt with that other mediocre salesman in a suit, John Guppy. This is the same outfit that promoted Nick Sackiewicz.

This is the same organization that overseas that other less mediocre team, Los Angeles.

Oh well, when you have money, who needs to be good. Just ask Alexi "Sackiewicz-by-Prroxy" Lalas.