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[QUOTE="DeGrozz, post: 2772427, member: 205"]
The question is who?

Most of the "big" names that were considered candidates by us, didn't consider us destinations and there were very few that we even had a punchers chance with.

Osorio and Tata were our two (seemingly) most reasonable shots who have both managed on a huge stage and had a connection to the US.  Neither of them really considered us.  And God knows what the story is with Moyes.

I think there are really 2 issues:

1 - We are not considered a hot job right now.  It's no secret that our infrastructure is a huge dumpster fire compared to most of our peers (be it internationally, or at the club level).  I don't think many marquee managers really care about the responsibilities to help build out a reasonable infrastructure that comes with our manager position (although, I still contend our development infrastructure is quickly improving).

2 - The coaching market is on fire right now.  World class managers like Lippi or Conte or Pep or whoever are naming their prices all over Europe.  The US isn't unique in having deep pockets and the places with deep pockets are, quite frankly, significantly more attractive that the US is.  Heck, if you think about Klinsmann money (though we could afford more), that still is bottom half of the EPL this year for managers and puts you right around with what Roy Hodgson makes.

Unfortunately, I think this just is who we are right now.  We're kinda like a low-level P-5 basketball school.  We might be able to pay for an Izzo or Self, but an Izzo or Self is looking for a top-level job, not one where they have to build out a recruiting base, lead a charge to upgrade facilities, etc...
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