Andy Rose

[laughs] Classic.

But everyone thought if you're gonna give it to one of the assistants, it was gonna be Andy Rose, who is really highly thought of in MLS circles.

So this seems a little bit of an odd one to me.

He had just come in at the start of this year.

He's been in Greece, he's been in Spain, he's been in South America.

It seemed odd to me that he got the interim job.

Maybe Andy Rose didn't want it, but-

Yeah, I m- I mean, a couple things.

So in that sense, it's almost lose-lose.

Well, I was thinking, what is this like for Andy Rose? What is this like for the other assistant coaches who didn't get the promotion? Like, that, uh, like, Ante Razov left when Mark Dos Santos got the promotion, right?

Mm-hmm.

This has to be a strange couple of weeks.

Um, but it could, it could happen, though.

It c- it, hon- honestly, it is one of r- the rare leagues where, like, John might hire somebody.

Maybe he hires Nancy, and Nancy's like, "Yeah, Andy Rose I know knows the league well.

I, I wanna keep him around." Or Oka knows...

Yeah.

Uh, were you at all surprised that Andy Rose didn't get tapped there?

Yeah.

He's certainly, and I, I, I'm not the first to say this, uh, right, but lots of pundits have pointed out he, he's maybe w- the most or one of the most widely respected assistants in the league.

This is a first-year coach.

Granted, he knows the league well.

He, like, like Andy Rose, has worked his way up almost every rung on the ladder to get where he is now.

Um, but he's, he's a kid by coaching standards.

Earlier or later, uh, last week, the announcement that Chavy Tamariz, who was on the staff, has been bumped up to the interim head coach, so we were gonna discuss that.

The staff, as far as we know, remains in place with, uh, Enrique Duran, who has been a longstanding member of LAFC, Andy Rose, who ca- oh, who, like Chavy, came over at the beginning of the season.

Okon Nikolav, who is the goalkeeper coach, that will remain in, uh, tact for the final six games of this season, and then we'll see where it goes from there.

Uh, the game coming up on Saturday, a big one, as they're back at BMO Stadium.

I think he seems to be very confident with the relationships that he's built within the players already in half a season.

And he's got a great opportunity in front of him.

And what I will say is, you know, from what we've heard, the two leading candidates to become the interim were Xavi and Andy Rose.

And look, Andy, I do know Andy played in this league.

I'm doing a good job.

LA, LAFC team dad just decided not to go with Andy Rose.

Terrible decision, by the way.

Terrible.

Not want LAFC to not succeed, right?

Right, exactly.

If Andy Rose takes that job, I'm kinda broken in two, 'cause I'm a big Andy Rose guy.

So for what it's worth, same thing as the whole playoff talk, what we're saying is that this team is trending in the right direction, and I don't think that's...

And they have one now.

Andy Rose, baby.

Oh, yeah.

I've, I've heard, man.

So.

I'll, I'll be interested to see if LAFC get a, a bump from having a new head coach.

You know, this is Andy Rose's first head coaching job.

Oh, yeah.

I, I agree.

And, and then the third that, again, Doyle said it on Monday, you know, Andy Rose is, you know, the interim for LFC, and he's, I don't know if he's totally ready for a, a first team job, but he's, he's a name I've heard.

So outside of those interim coaches, um, and if, Andy Rose, has he been officially named? I don't know.

Um, as far as, like, other ones, that is a better answer for, the more valuable answer, uh, Nashville assistants Josh Bello and Michael Nessien.

Uh, Nessien was the U...

Um, really quickly before we go to the next, uh, mailbag, some news that just came out, uh, now it looks silly for the LFC conversation.

I'm gonna take it back.

Xavi, uh, Tamarit has been named LFC's interim head coach, not Andy Rose.

There was some there was some chatter there.

up here that it could be the assistant that formerly was Seattle's assistant, Andy Rose, which would be very interesting to see him take over.

But regardless of that, it does feel like what you just said, LAFC is one of those jobs.

They got to probably go for the stars, right? And really go for a massive name from somewhere.