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I have no problem with his resignation. Looking at his results, it is not as if he led the TM to the 2nd round of the WC 2014 and the AFC 2015 crown. Branko Ivanovic actually had better showing than Carlos and in retrospect should have gotten an extension. I know many Iran fans like his [CQ] persona but at the end the only thing that matters and should matter are results. For that reason, I look forward to the future.
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Originally posted by Bi-honar View PostThis is the problem:
The system is not designed for acknowledging public criticism. Who other than CQ even dared to criticize the system as publicly or as often in the past year and not ended up in jail, never mind losing his/her job?!
International football has always been a source of threat and embarrassment to this regime because,
1 - It stirs up nationalistic feelings which oppose the core values of the regime.
2 - It provides an outlet for political opposition, be it waving of the shir-o-khorshid flag by the fans or wearing of green bracelets by the players.
3 - It amasses large groups of people whose mere numbers can and often do make a political statement not in jive with IR's principles, as did the mass of Iranian women in Australia about entrance to stadium or their dress code not being "Islamic" or people celebrating on the streets after the Australia/US games in 98 or the Argentina game this time.
None of this should come as a surprise to anyone and since the situation was getting quite out of theirs hands this time with CQ's popularity, a push-back was unfortunately inevitable.
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Originally posted by ARARAT View PostI have no problem with his resignation. Looking at his results, it is not as if he led the TM to the 2nd round of the WC 2014 and the AFC 2015 crown. Branko Ivanovic actually had better showing than Carlos and in retrospect should have gotten an extension. I know many Iran fans like his [CQ] persona but at the end the only thing that matters and should matter are results. For that reason, I look forward to the future.
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Originally posted by Paradigm View PostIt's ok, time to move on. Appoint an interim coach while looking for an appropriate foreign headcoach, preferably from Holland or Italy.
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^^ IFF should hire a younger foreign headcoach who has great potential and good credentials but is not big-name, so the salary is fairly low. Younger coaches have a point to prove and will really invest time and effort, not constantly be on vacation. I think there are many out there who want to coach a semi-decent national team at the World Cup and use it as stepping stone to get hired elsewhere, so they'd sacrifice themselves for a while living in Iran. Kind of like the issue of research output when it comes to comparison between post-docs and senior old-time professors.
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