Nutmeg Radio

My counterpoint to G.B.’s Management Under Fire post may not be as eloquent as the original post, but eloquence isn’t always my thing.  The thing is, unfortunately, coaches get blamed for everything and get fired after poor runs. But players are often allowed to suck regardless of the fact that they are megastars on fat salaries who are allowed to get drunk and do the robot on Sunday nights while hanging out of the sunroof of a moving vehicle.  It’s not just Rafa.  And it’s not just the coaches … although some of them are hot garbage.  The players need to be blamed as well.

Rafa (pictured above) has always been hungry for success.  And as this picture shows, he’s also thirsty for it.  But Kool-Aid … I mean Rafa, has had his hands tied by the suits above, which is not uncommon practice in football.  If a club is willing to spend, it should give the manager the ability to hang himself.  Some will.  And others will be named Arsene Wenger. Ba-da-boom.

I forgot what my counterpoint was.  Maybe because I agree with G.B. and just wanted to argue.  I have a feeling that come the end of the season, there’s going to be a conversation like this:

Suit:  Kool-Aid, it’s not me, it’s you.  Things just aren’t working out.

Rafa: Pero, por que?

Something like that.  Bottom line: Rafa will be gone next year if he doesn’t turn the tide significantly.  I know this because the Club just came out and said his job was safe.  They only say things like that when your job is not safe.