Juan Carlos Osorio exhibits behavior that indicates he ascribes to a number of axioms, but he perhaps holds none more closely than variety being the spice of life. His rotation policies have irritated more than a few around the Mexico national team. And yet, it's still the Colombian who guides El Tri into games against the United States and Panama as Mexico opens the final round of World Cup qualification.
His decisions, while varied, are not whims. Osorio thinks — and sometimes overthinks — through each decision very carefully with one question in mind: Which player will help El Tri defeat the teams in front of them?