Nottingham Forest's decision to sack head coach Philippe Montanier did not seem like it would be of any relevance to the New York Red Bulls when it was announced on January 14. But the rumor mill works in mysterious ways.
Prior to Montanier losing his job, there was a persistent rumor that RB Salzburg head coach Oscar Garcia was about to lose his to RBNY head coach Jesse Marsch. It was a rumor the Red Bulls helped along by essentially refusing to discuss until Marsch - who had had simply been described as "in Europe meeting with Red Bull executives" - returned to tell the MLS media that he was, in fact, still the head coach of the New York branch of the Red Bull Global Soccer family.