The New England Revolution recently parted ways with long-time head coach Stevie Nicol, and it appears they are going to stay within the Revs family for their new coach.
The Revs are preparing to name former defender Jay Heaps as the team's new head coach, the Boston Globe reported on Monday. According to the report, Heaps will be introduced as the team's new head coach on Wednesday.
Heaps, 35, retired from professional soccer in 2009 and has been working as a television analyst since.
What do you think of this development? Think the Revs are making a mistake hiring a coach with no professional coaching experience?
Share your thoughts below.
As a longtime season ticket holder, I was, frankly, stunned. I had hoped for some sign of serious change from the Front Office. But I’m going to hold my judgment until I hear and see more. Heaps might be great, he might be a bust. It’s just too early to tell.
As far as getting a new stadium goes, anyone who lives in New England is familiar with the sheer craziness involved getting any new facilities done, and the closer to Boston, the worse it gets. So, maybe in my lifetime….
Obviously The Revs can’t win. They can sign Ronaldo and Messi but people will still just rip them. It’s so Fetch.
You think we actively went out and signed Feilhaber? The league spoon fed him to us when those other teams stupidly passed
Caraglio- He hadnt played professionally in over a year, and they didn’t even scout him in person. Burns kicked back, watched a few DVD’s, and decided he would be perfect due to the fact they could say he was a DP because of various transfer/loan fees when in reality he makes barely $100,000 and isnt a real DP at all.
Hahaha you think your team is cheaper than ours? Funny joke.
We don’t even get the #1 draft picks. Montreal is coming in and taking that from us 🙁
I would have hired that other Kraft employee as Manager … Ochocinco. At least it would generate media attention from the Everything Self Promotion Network.
Feilhaber- luck of the draw
Caraglio- he was had on the cheap
So what did you call getting Feilhaber and Caraglio during the season?
How about we get an owner who actually invests money into the club? Kraft is a tremendously wealthy individual who likes his franchise but seems against reinforcing the Rev’s squad/getting a solid DP (or two). If more was invested into the club as a whole, in other words actually having some marketing and finally build that SSS in/around Boston instead of playing in the cavernous “Pat’s Stadium” then maybe the Revolution would be taken seriously. As for Heaps, if he shakes things up a bit then that can only help things.
As a NYRB “fan” (quotes because they make it so hard to be a fan) I love it. Here’s to Jay looking as silly as he did on the USMN team.
Petke?
you sound like an idiot!
bad example my friend.
I would have preferred Ralston, just have an uneasy feeling about Heaps. The Revs have a decent core of players if some players step up their game and they pick up a good winger and maybe another forward I think they can be back in playoff contention, just don’t think Heaps has a good eye for picking players tho.
Point well taken, at least MLS and USSF realized the ridiculous conflict of interest of having an FA President also an MLS club President (even if you can forgive the Revs for his lack of soccer knowledge). Still, they keep him as a Special Advisor? Seems like a game played on the fans to me.
Heaps played like a thug. Let’s hope he doesn’t coach his players to play like he did.
Otherwise, I wish him well. I like seeing former US players move up into coaching ranks and broaden the US soccer talent pool at all levels.
If true then 11 turned down the offer.
This is not what the Revs need to turn the program around
RSL was an expansion club that needed results on the field. DC and NE are experiencing problems of a different kind. We’re talking about infrastructure, and what this hiring means for the club, not the squad.
Also, have you seen Heaps commentate on MLS games? He wasn’t even capable of talking about the game on a screen, much less communicate a vision to players. Kreis is an impressive coach, but far from proof that former players will follow his example.
what a heap of sh*t
Idk, San Jose is pretty damn cheap, further DCU’s stadium issues are largely related to getting approval from the appropriate political body (either in the district or broader VA/MD metro area) for a stadium-sized plot of land close to either an existing metro stop or to a future metro stop. While DCU is looking for additional investors to ease the process, money is not the biggest problem in getting a new stadium.
NE fans have a strong voice….Where is the pressure on the team to get an arena done?
Well put.
I’m hoping that with the reorg that if the Krafts aren’t going to step up as the public figures, that Bilello and Burns will have more latitude to make the decision that will elevate the club.
Everyone on this site loves to give criticism based on biases and perceptions. Look at Klinsmann. Everyone was tooting his horn as the savior of the US team and now all that I see is skepticism and critics. Up in New England, we are proud bunch, and I am proud that one of our own is getting the job. The one thing you all right about is the lack of support from the Kraft family. We need a stadium in Somerville/Cambrige, and we needed it yesterday. I know for a fact we would fill up a 15-20K stadium.
+1
you may be right….mourinho never played professionally…
The Revs interviewed as many as a dozen candidates… http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2011/11/10/revolution-intend-name-new-coach-next-week/7NnCWM4MXc1GueygP5uvTK/story.html
After DC, the cheapest ownership in the US
Jay “I’m not your peeps” Heaps
I’ve watched a lot of the games, Heaps does have some decent insight as a color commentator especially on the defensive side of the ball. Though I won’t disagree he gets bogged down with criticizing refs, I think that’s more of a function of sitting next to Brad Feldman (you’ll find Greg Lalas had the same problem) than of him not having an eye for the game.
Mediocre players make the best coaches