- Thread starter
- #1
markakis8
Active member
- Oct 31, 2008
- 12,081
- 2
- John McLaren, Manager
- Steve Henderson, Coach
- Art Howe, Coach
- Bruce Hurst, Coach
- Wally Joyner, Coach
Seems very odd.
Welcome to our community
Be apart of something great, join today!
Why are there American coaches managing the China team for WBC?
- Thread starter markakis8
- Start date
Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.
Seems very odd.
Lancemountain
Active member
Nothing new to this sport or any other.
Russians coaching American gymnastics in the Olympics, Piazza was a coach for the Italians in the last WBC I think, international soccer is mayhem with internationals coaching foreign teams...US men's coach isn't an American.
It's very common in all sports and countries.
Russians coaching American gymnastics in the Olympics, Piazza was a coach for the Italians in the last WBC I think, international soccer is mayhem with internationals coaching foreign teams...US men's coach isn't an American.
It's very common in all sports and countries.
- Thread starter
- #4
markakis8
Active member
- Oct 31, 2008
- 12,081
- 2
Ok, but at least Piazza has an Italian heritage so it's not weird.
gogosox40
Active member
Barry Larkin is coaching Team Brazil. I thought that was a little strange as well
Pine Tar
Active member
He's doing it for the chicks
Sent from my Desire HD using Freedom Card Board mobile app
- Thread starter
- #8
markakis8
Active member
- Oct 31, 2008
- 12,081
- 2
Never knew that....cool.
Only reason I know this useless info is because I'm Chinese-Taiwanese. China is just so far behind in athletics compared to Taiwan and Japan (ie baseball, soccer not gymnastics, swimming, table tennis and other sports we don't care about).
Allen
TBTwinsFan
New member
I remember some mid-level NBA players getting citizenships from other countries so they could play in the Olympics a few years back. Can't remember who they were.
- Thread starter
- #13
markakis8
Active member
- Oct 31, 2008
- 12,081
- 2
Uh, I haven't looked at the roster, but I assume they were Jewish?
WBC seems to follow the olympic rule - as a U.S. citizen, you can play for another country if you have some amount of relative ties to that country. I like that because some stars who aren't good enough to make team USA can still play in the tournament for the country that they have some required amount of family ties.
Junior Griffey
New member
Barry Larkin is a smart man.
The only ties that you had to have was that you had to be jewish.
- Thread starter
- #17
markakis8
Active member
- Oct 31, 2008
- 12,081
- 2
Does that upset you or something? It makes perfect sense to me.
Card Magnet
New member
It's about time China outsourced some jobs back to the US.
Sent from the FCB Droid app, which means I'm probably on the crapper.
Sent from the FCB Droid app, which means I'm probably on the crapper.
Similar threads
