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Originally Posted by GirlySports
That much? Hiddink signed for $4 million/year with Turkey which will take him to 2014. We don't need someone as high calibre as him. Half that? 2 million? Again using Australia I think Verbeek is around 2 million.
I want to see a big foreign coach in my lifetime :P
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Media reports pegged his Russia salary at 2-3mil pounds.
Even at $2mil you're commiting 1/6 of your budget to a coach when your players don't have the ability to get out of the first group stage of qualifying. It doesn't make sense, it's putting the cart before the horse. Spend the money on developing the youth system and churning out truly international level players, then worry about clearing the final hurdles. A coach can only take you so far, and going from 10th in CONCACAF to 8th isn't worth 1/6 of your budget.
Line up the Australian and Canadian rosters side by side. That's the comparison that shows you why one is in the WC and the other isn't, not who's on the touchline.