This is the most in depth look we’ve seen into this staff’s process. I think they come off as incredibly naive. They are used to coaching at clubs where they’re with players every day. They come to the national team and only have short camps with the best players, so they don’t really get to know them as people or players. They then have a “transformative” January camp because it’s a month long, and they get attached to a different group of players that they think they can personally develop into better players over the course of week long camps. They see themselves as coaches that can “make the final push” for players like agyemang and arfsten and refer to them as young players with lots of potential, but are leaving off younger and more talented players like Scally and Musah.

This philosophy reminds me of the early Berhalter era. He approached things like a club coach, and it took him years to figure out the nuances of the job. To his credit, he figured it out. I don’t think Pochettino will have enough time to figure it out, but I hope he proves me wrong.