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GDT: Canadian Soccer | Final Pre-WC Friendlies - Sept 23 @ 11 AM vs. Qatar

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rboomercat90 said:
Nobody cares about this anymore as I haven’t seen it mentioned here yet but Bev Priestman was fired yesterday as Soccer Canada completed its investigation into the drone scandal at the Olympics. Interestingly, John Herdman who appears to be the creator of all this and who promised to help in this investigation in any way needed never bothered participating in it due to scheduling conflicts.
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As usual with fifa the actual problem is that all practices should be open for everyone to watch.

The only teams that benefit from closed practices are rich teams with large coaching staffs.
 
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rboomercat90 said:
I see John Herdman has stepped down from his job at Toronto FC. Now he can slink back to England. Hopefully this is the last we ever hear from this fraud.
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One of the most unlikeable coaches I've ever seen. (Rivals Eakins) I've seen a lot. Not sure how he ever got approved for any of the gigs here. Everything from his basic mannerisms and yelling at female teams, it kind of rubbed me the wrong way from the start. To me his "we're going to f*** Croatia" in the Mens WC stands out as his defining moment. What an idiot. Good riddance.
 
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Drivesaitl said:
One of the most unlikeable coaches I've ever seen. (Rivals Eakins) I've seen a lot. Not sure how he ever got approved for any of the gigs here. Everything from his basic mannerisms and yelling at female teams, it kind of rubbed me the wrong way from the start. To me his "we're going to f*** Croatia" in the Mens WC stands out as his defining moment. What an idiot. Good riddance.
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I had no opinion of Herdman either way heading into the World Cup. I was fine with the narrative that he had improved both programs although I did find it interesting that when he left the women’s program he hinted it was because that team had reached its ceiling only for them to have more success with Priestman.
It didn’t take long for me to develop a negative opinion of him at the World Cup. He exposed himself for being tactically weak but that was just the tip of the iceberg. He appeared to have a meltdown and went from one controversy to another for no reason at all. He was a major distraction for the team and his behaviour was an embarrassment to the program and the country. I actually felt bad for the players and it had nothing to do with their 0-3 performance. That World Cup was supposed to be a learning experience for them in preparation for the next one where they are one of the host nations. Instead their coach was embarrassing them at every turn over things that really had nothing to do with the games. I can’t imagine it was much of a positive experience for any of them.
IMO, Herdman trashed his legacy at that tournament. That he left the national program after it was over suggests to me he knew it too. This drone scandal is just icing on the cake. It proves how flawed and fraudulent his entire tenure in Canada was.
 
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So just doing some followup on the Concacaf nations cup and one reason nobody knows it was even happening is that the games were on Paramount, which hardly anybody in Canada even subscribes to. I'm sure there were plenty of adds for it if one happened to be a Paramount subscriber. This is just nuts. The biggest sport in the world, and the World Cup will be here a year from now and the impetus is supposed to be growing the game and yet the latest Concacaf tournament is televised by a subcription only provider. Like WTF.

Pretty soon with this nonsense I'm just done with sports in entirely. Not gonna subscribe to several different sources just to watch sports. But this is the big plan people.

Here in Canada we have A National Network taxpayer funded not showing this. We have TSN not showing this, we have Snet not showing this and they are the multitier sports TV carriers in Canada. What nonsense.

As a fan of soccer they make it almost impossible here to even see the games. Pay tiers only. Way to grow the game people.
 
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So just doing some followup on the Concacaf nations cup and one reason nobody knows it was even happening is that the games were on Paramount, which hardly anybody in Canada even subscribes to. I'm sure there were plenty of adds for it if one happened to be a Paramount subscriber. This is just nuts. The biggest sport in the world, and the World Cup will be here a year from now and the impetus is supposed to be growing the game and yet the latest Concacaf tournament is televised by a subcription only provider. Like WTF.

Pretty soon with this nonsense I'm just done with sports in entirely. Not gonna subscribe to several different sources just to watch sports. But this is the big plan people.

Here in Canada we have A National Network taxpayer funded not showing this. We have TSN not showing this, we have Snet not showing this and they are the multitier sports TV carriers in Canada. What nonsense.

As a fan of soccer they make it almost impossible here to even see the games. Pay tiers only. Way to grow the game people.
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Not sure what you're talking about - I must be confused. I watched both the Canada-Mexico SF and the Canada-USA 3rd place game on TSN.
 
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Not sure what you're talking about - I must be confused. I watched both the Canada-Mexico SF and the Canada-USA 3rd place game on TSN.
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Didn't see it on the listings or advertised anywhere and in doing google search it said game was available only on Paramount+. No mention of the tourney here or in the news here. Like I said first mention heard was AFTER the US-Canada consolation game. Usually this board talks about the CMNT and Concacaf. No mention of it here either. Myself like others didn't even know it was happening.

Hockey is always blacked out on TSN though so I don't watch the channels much.
 
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Didn't see it on the listings or advertised anywhere and in doing google search it said game was available only on Paramount+. No mention of the tourney here or in the news here. Like I said first mention heard was AFTER the US-Canada consolation game. Usually this board talks about the CMNT and Concacaf. No mention of it here either. Myself like others didn't even know it was happening.

Hockey is always blacked out on TSN though so I don't watch the channels much.
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Fair enough. But yeah it was on TSN.
 
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