Re: [nas] Future in the Post BA era?

I'm not sure I'd agree with a "no foreigners" restriction, but I'd  
certainly put Bob Bradley at or near the top of any list of candidates.  
Arena was a shoo-in in '98 because he'd lead DC to three straight MLS  
Cups, winning two of them.

For the fun of it, here's a list of MLS coaches and their honors, sorted  
by number of honors. "Honors" in this case is an appearance in MLS Cup, or  
winning the Supporters Shield. The Open Cup isn't included because I don't  
have time to do so - please feel free to re-work this to include that.

Based on this, I'd say Sigi would have to be a contender, as would Bradley  
and Yallop. I'd discount Gansler, Sarachan, and Rongen because they've  
either inherited great teams (Rongen in '99) or had only one good year.  
While that's not really fair to Sarachan, the point of the chart is to see  
who has a consistent track record of success in MLS - which while Sarachan  
made a good start, he just hasn't been in the league long enough to have a  
track record of any length.

My 2 cents,
Matt

4: Arena, Bruce
  MLS Cup            96* 97* 98
  Supporters Shield  97

4: Schmid, Sigi
  MLS Cup            99 01 02*
  Supporters Shield  02

3: Rongen, Thomas
  MLS Cup            99*
  Supporters Shield  96 99

2: Bradley, Bob
  MLS Cup            98* 00

2: Gansler, Bob
  MLS Cup            00*
  Supporters Shield  00

2: Sarachan, Dave
  MLS Cup            03
  Supporters Shield  03

2: Yallop, Frank
  MLS Cup            01* 03*

1: Hudson, Ray
  Supporters Shield  01

1: Myernick, Glenn
  MLS Cup            97

1: Nicol, Steve
  MLS Cup            02

1: Osiander, Lothar
  MLS Cup            96

1: Zambrano, Octavio
  Supporters Shield  98

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