Re: OT: [nas] national b ball

That said, I do think Jeff was a bit harsh on Red Bull's performance 
against Barca.  I expected far worse.  Some on, it's one of the worst 
teams in MLS against arguably the best club team in the world.  I 
thought RB wasn't bad at all in the first half.  In fact, I was pretty 
proud of the fact that they came to play and not just defend.

Jeff Moore wrote:

> I meant the current set up is awesome with coach K.  Barca
> resembled the current US side  and Red Bull resembled China.
> Yes, the attitude is totally different.  I like the team. It is not
> all "megastars". Have some role players and to fir coack K's system.
>  
>  We finally realized we could not just literally "throw" a bunch of
> "all stars" together for a few weeks and dominate like we used to.
> We now realize we need to send a TEAM to compete. A team that
> wants to be there and one that can be together for a while to actually
> resemble a national team.
>  
>   However, what it clearly shows is that if we do these steps the right
> way, there is still nobody out there to even give us a worry.  We also
> do not even have to use our "best" talent to do it. Just need commitment,
> good coach, (due to international rules and the zone, I believe 
> college coaches
> are better for the men's national team) and to have a team together for
> a while and we'll get back to domination. 
>  Thank goodness some players
> and coaches are showing some pride for a change.  We got hundreds of 
> players
> in the NBA that can be put together for such a team. They do not have 
> to be
> the "elite" players. We can still dominate with them if allowed to 
> play together
> for a stretch.
>  
>  
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Doug Swan <mailto:swansuite@comcast.net>
>     *To:* NAS <mailto:NAS@americakicks.com>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:39 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [nas] Red Bull Barca observations
>
>         On Aug 14, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Jeff Moore wrote:
>
>             Looked like the current US national basketball team against...
>             well anyone right now.  To be expected, however.
>
>
>     You can't be serious. I think what you meant was the former US
>     men's team. If you've been watching the papers at all over the
>     past four weeks, you'd know that the US will be winning again and
>     quite easily. They're finally doing it the right way (by learning
>     and playing the international game). I've watched all four of the
>     exhibition games so far on television and this is just a
>     completely different attitude for out team. D
>
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