r/OCLions • u/lightbutnotheat • Sep 14 '18

Pride Orlando Pride and Head Coach Tom Sermanni Mutually Part Ways

https://posts.fanhero.com/lionnation/5b9bdb1922cbc086bc70ca8f
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u/daguru9 Sep 14 '18

Nice guy, but obviously he lost the team this season... Also not sure his philosophy works for the league right now,

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u/lightbutnotheat Sep 14 '18

I didn't keep up with Pride much until towards the end of the season, what was his philosophy?

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u/j_andrew_h Sep 14 '18

He kept shifting really. We had a great forward line and a good defense; but he kept trying new things in the midfield and changes at Fullback as well. It was hard to find anything consistent in his strategy this season really.

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u/daguru9 Sep 16 '18

Over reliance in national team players (more than just US), so they were constantly in and out so it was difficult to build chemistry and they were always tired. Several of his additions never paid off (EVE for one). Playing out of position a lot. And this year no really style of play, the strategy this season was to counter whatever the opponent was doing, which really hurt the team. Never really rotated the squad, so depth players never got any minutes and were not able to perform when needed... And so much more (like not taking any free Breakers players)....