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Phuoc, please tell us they aren’t hiring Rob Gale permanently today, like it’s been rumored on Thorns Reddit.

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Well, at least this means that when they have to can Gale next year, they might also move on from Karina. What a horribly run club!

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Yeah, and don't forget Norris has migrated upward as well! Just, a mess.

One thing that is slightly concerning though....KK just started an 18 month new FIFA training program for club management. She was posting about it a few weeks ago. Presumably high-dollar and paid for by the Bhathals. Only 40 people are admitted each time, and you have to be accepted. I don't think they're gonna put a bunch of money and time into her training and fire her before that's complete...seems like they like her and they are sticking with her. Which is...rough.

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Ooof!

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Talk about “settling”. You’d think the Orlando and KC whippings would have raised huge red flags…

I honestly have no idea who else got an interview, but it’s hard to believe there wasn’t anyone with a better c.v. available.

The Thorns “lionesses led by donkeys” tradition remains intact.

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Lol... You clearly expect too much from KK.

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I literally expect nothing but bad decisions from KK lmao. But I did expect more from the Bhathals...

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Yeah, the Bhathals have no soccer in them, and their “subject matter experts” are Norris and LeBlanc.

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Right, and that's where I'd expect better. If they aren't looking outside their own house when they have 0 knowledge, that's their first misstep. They should be consulting with outside people with unbiased opinions...but they also shouldn't be signing off on this ham-headed decision 3 months after an interim hire...and after the first interim was "promoted." Just, a lot of mistakes they are signing off on...

Btw..more discussion of this has been happening on this thread too (though older and harder to find hah): https://stumptownfooty.substack.com/p/portland-thorns-sign-australian-gk/comments

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The thing is, tho…how do you do that? If you’re publicly calling in “outside people” how does that not demoralize and disrespect the inside people? Even worse if you try and do that secretly, because you know it’s gonna leak and look even worse.

That’s why I’d hoped the new owners would 1) get in touch with the outside experts FIRST then 2) clean house immediately and get their own FO people in. Norris was kind of inevitable but LeBlanc was replaceable and should have been.

Leaving so much of the Peregrine staff in place kind of baked this in. Shame.

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They don't know anything about soccer and KK talks a massive game. If I'm Smith, I'm talking to absolutely everyone in Paris.

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