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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Three types of good: the Schemer
This is part two of three on the three types of good players. “Schemer” is a term I borrow from Heddergott (New Football Manual – Karl-Heinz Heddergott, out of print). It’s in awkward translation from German but I like that … Continue reading
She’s Funny That Way
My wife is a better writer than I. I mainly do this just to try to keep up with her. Here are two of her funnier postings of the past week. This one on a site devoted to poking fun … Continue reading
The Three Types of Good: Stalwarts, Schemers and Stars
My friend, fellow coach and Cal Bear Teale Matteson once told me about a concept he learned from Brazilians. Coaches there sometimes categorize players into one of three groups, Teale didn’t remember the Portuguese words and so I am making … Continue reading
Gattuso = Stalwart
This is for Rino Gattuso. I will follow with a later post that describes the attributes of the Stalwart, along with the other two types of players. I show my players many clips on Youtube, it is a great resource … Continue reading
Will he stay or will he go now?
From the NYT: BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Diego Maradona could decide his future on Wednesday when he is expected to meet Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona. What do you think he’ll do? Take the poll.
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
Yogi Berra had it right. Let’s pull up jimsakeeper’s WC10 predictions and see how we did: 1. The trickle of screwups, facility complaints, crime, weak security and other inefficiencies will only get worse. There will be at least one serious, … Continue reading
Red + Yellow = Orange
You probably know that yesterday was Spain’s first ever World Cup win. It was also their first final. But did you know that aside from their 4th place showing in 1950, they had never gone beyond than quarterfinals? What’s behind … Continue reading
¡Vamos!
Whenever people ask me my favorite team for WC10, I’ve told them it doesn’t matter; “Eleven millionaires against eleven millionaires.” BUT, now that it’s down to these two I have to come out on the side of Spain, because that … Continue reading
Better than my blog
is this one, by someone going by the pen name lamadridista. I don’t know her but I love her stuff: http://conlaroja.wordpress.com/ All about the Spanish team in South Africa. She led me indirectly to this commercial for Mahou beer, not … Continue reading
He could go on “What’s My Line?” and stump the panel
Do you recognize this man? Height: 170 cm. (5′ 7″) Weight: 68 kg (150lbs.) He is: a) A waiter b) a taxi driver c) That guy at the corner market d) the best football player in the world Improbably the … Continue reading
Jim's a keeper 