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Backpass: Dear Pablo

Dear Pablo,

First of all, thank you.

Second of all, hang in there.

For starters, the thank you. Thank you for jumping in to coach the team after Oscar Pareja left us in the lurch a few months before the 2014 season began. Fans probably remember, but to take us back, you were named as ‘Special Assistant to the Technical Director’ on January 10, 2014. That’s a month after you retired as a player. But after Oscar ran out on us, you were named head coach on March 10. No training. No coaching experience.