Silverbacks Decide On "No Coach" For New Coach

And it will be interesting to see how this works...

There is no doubt that, when Eric Wynalda took over as Technical Director, the Atlanta Silverbacks player personnel decisions meant that the team took it up a few notches- that included an appearance in the NASL Soccer Bowl and a first-half title...

Evidence below...


But when it was found out that Brian Haynes wasn't coming back to be 2014 head coach, Wynalda went with a different idea...

No one person would replace Haynes and Wynalda (pictured right, thanks Neal Malone and the Silverbacks their own selves) would manage from his TD role:

Here's a typical week under the reorganization...

“I’m going to talk you through a typical week under our system. You play a game on Saturday, and on Sunday, you recover. On Monday, I will give my team the day off. On Tuesday, it’ll usually be something on the physical side – in the case of preseason, weight training. Wednesday would basically be the first time you have a practice where you’re actually preparing for the weekend’s game instead of recovering. On Wednesday night, I will fly to Atlanta to be with the team on Thursday when we start the technical and tactical stuff that is necessary to prepare for an opponent. On Friday, we’ll train and travel – maybe not in that order – and then I’ll manage our team during our games on Saturday.”

“I know this system sounds less conventional, as our country is used to having a “head coach,” but that’s maybe something we’ve accepted as the norm. This is different. We’re committed to it, and if we didn’t think this was the best way to go, we wouldn’t be doing it.”

Wynalda has proven that, with his initial overseer role with his Cal FC club, that he knows talent and he knows how to create relationships and opportunities that make all aspects of his creative ladder work. He also knows that, living in California, it will be an adventure in being on two coasts at once running a franchise...

The HQ will keep an interested eye on this franchise operation model and see how it works for a league runner-up to go into their 15th season...

The HQ is all for putting people in charge who know what they're doing and leaving them alone to work their model...
Let's see if the ownership group is going to allow that to go 100-percent, growing pains and all...