Overall, the hiring process to find the next US Men’s National Team manager has been completely in-line with what US Soccer has become known for - it seems like it has been less the result of an in-depth search where a set of criteria for the ideal coach that has been painstakingly outlined and then vigorously pursued than a foregone conclusion that has the potential for at least a conflict of interest, if not outright nepotism, in the man chosen for the job from a field candidates that seemingly always numbered one.
This raises some questions: what is different about the process for hiring a coach between this and the last times a manager was chosen in what seemed like a more or less unilateral decision with perhaps some input with one other executive at Soccer Mansion?