hewiak(#pdx was overly generous on length of tenure, imho)
"He simply did not have the coaching acumen to build a winning team, let alone a team that could challenge for championships. The #Timbers, with a middling roster, were and are in need of an elite coach. He wasn’t even close.
What’s more, there was never any reason to believe he might be. There was nothing in Neville’s body of work in Miami to suggest he was anything beyond an average #MLS manager, if that. "
Portland Timbers Coach Is Out; Club Searching for Replacement
For weeks, it had been a matter of not if, but when—and on Memorial Day morning, Phil Neville’s time as head coach of the Portland Timbers finally came to an end. Officially, Neville and the Timbers mutually agreed to part ways. But with the team sitting in 13th place in the Western Conference, on track […]