Toronto has not consistently looked like a playoff team all season long.
There is one main reason: they don’t have a qualified head coach. Mo has yet to hire a qualified head coach during his tenure as GM.
If a team doesn’t know how to pass properly, doesn’t know how to build play, doesn’t know how to run off the ball, doesn’t know how to provide service to its strikers and doesn’t have a solid game plan in place they aren’t going to make the playoffs in the MLS. It doesn’t matter if Julian de Guzman is on the team. It doesn’t matter who they are playing. Sure the individuals on the team might produce some good solo efforts and the players might come together from time to time and get a few wins. That is not enough.
It is incumbent on Mo J. to hire a proven head coach next season. Hire someone who has a winning track record in the MLS or a winning record in any comparable or superior league. This coach will earn the players’ respect and won’t count a penny toward the salary cap. I don’t know if Mo is afraid of hiring someone proven because he wants a puppet, but a puppet is not going to control the team and lead them to where we all want to see TFC: in the playoffs.
