Miguel Herrera Is Wrong Man at Wrong Time for El Tri Before Crucial Fixtures

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Published: October 18, 2013

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Just when you think you have all the answers, the Mexican Football Federation changes the questions.

It looked like El Tri had their man when Victor Manuel Vucetich signed on to follow Jose Manuel de la Torre for Mexico's final two World Cup qualifiers. With his team on the brink of elimination, Vucetich was able to guide El Tri to fourth in qualification and a two-legged playoff against New Zealand for a spot in Brazil.

If you want to be a critic, you could argue that Mexico got extremely lucky, relying on Raul Jimenez's wonder goal and late goals by the United States to be able to get fourth place.

However, it's hard to make any drastic improvements on the squad with so little time. The fact is Vucetich got Mexico one step closer to the World Cup.

How was he rewarded? He was sacked and then replaced by Miguel Herrera, as per Goal.

Just when you think it can't get any more bizarre, it turns out that Herrera is simply being "loaned out" by Club America, where he's currently employed, as per Goal's Tom Marshall:



He could be replaced once the playoff is over, according to Kyle McCarthy:



So Mexico could hypothetically have three different managers in a span of four matches.

The FMF hasn't always been a beacon of smart decisions (i.e., hiring Sven-Goran Eriksson), but it has outdone itself by swapping out Vucetich for Herrera. There's almost no way you can look at this as an upgrade.

Herrera has one title to his name—the 2013 Clausura with America. Vucetich, meanwhile has won three Apertura titles—two with Monterrey and one with Pachuca. He's also got two CONCACAF Champions League titles to his name, both of which came with Monterrey.



It would be one thing if El Tri had some sort of long-term plan in place and was building for the future. Ideally this would happen at the very beginning of a new Wo...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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