00:00But I did see that, what's his name, Mascherano?
00:05Yeah, Javier Mascherano.
00:06Mascherano, Javier Mascherano, who has been the manager for Inter Miami.
00:11They just won the championship four months ago.
00:15He's out today. He's done.
00:18Well, according to Inter Miami, the official release is that he stepped down for personal reasons.
00:24Now, I don't believe that.
00:26I believe he's moving in another direction because they haven't had the best start to this season.
00:34Terrible start, but so what?
00:36It's really not terrible. This is complicated because it's not terrible.
00:39They've only lost one game, and it's through seven games.
00:43You feel like this team, as long as they make the playoffs, they'll figure it out.
00:47Right. You've got Messi.
00:48And it's still the very early stages of the season.
00:51The transfer window in Europe hasn't opened.
00:53There's tons of rumors that once the season in Europe ends around May, the transfer window opens in June or
00:58July.
00:59Just like last year, Inter Miami, they'll find a way to allocate some resources to bring somebody over.
01:04So, like, this probably isn't the final roster that we'll see come September, October, into November for the playoffs.
01:12But I will say this, Hawk.
01:15He's not really the best manager in terms of tactician work.
01:19So, even last year, he was under immense pressure because they were struggling a lot, especially when Messi was out.
01:25And there were questions of whether or not he had the resume to get the job in the first place,
01:29or was he just Messi's boy?
01:32I can make the case on both sides.
01:33He won a championship.
01:34He delivered the hardware that Tata Martino couldn't deliver.
01:37The most recent one.
01:39But this year, the roster isn't as strong as it was a year ago.
01:45Fair.
01:45And because of the slow start, because of the fact that for the second straight year, they didn't have success
01:50in Champions Cup, which you remember at the start of the season, I asked Witte, what's the goal this year?
01:56Even Witte told us.
01:57They won the MLS.
01:59They've won Leagues Cup.
02:00This team needs to compete for the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
02:03They were out in the first round this year, the first round that they played.
02:07That was a black mark on his resume this year, the slow start.
02:11And pair it with the fact that they lost Sergio Busquets.
02:14They lost Jordi Alba.
02:16Their roster isn't as talented this year.
02:19They probably are making the right decision, if this is what I believe it is, which is the suits making
02:27this decision.
02:27With Messi.
02:29That's what I was going to say.
02:31That's where it gets dicey.
02:33Is Messi signing off on this?
02:35I don't know.
02:36Oh, yes.
02:37You're thinking you're going around Messi's back and firing his homeboy?
02:40Come on, Solano.
02:41They literally just opened a billion-dollar stadium because of him.
02:45You can't get rid of the manager that he wanted here two games into the new stadium after it finally
02:52opened.
02:53Well, you can when he signed the contract already.
02:57No, no, no.
02:58And you got the stadium opened already.
03:00You can't do that.
03:00Two years ago, his contract was going to run out.
03:03I get it.
03:03I get it.
03:03I'm just saying you can't do that.
03:05Yeah.
03:05I mean, it's definitely – it seems likely that he signed off on this move.
03:12We'll see.
03:12We'll see how this plays out.
03:14Who replaces him?
03:15For now, it's just an interim manager.
03:18I know I was talking with my brother.
03:20He read a report that they expect this interim manager to ride it out into the World Cup.
03:25After the World Cup, the Argentinian national manager, Javier Scaloni, might take his place.
03:32Interesting.
03:33Like, there's rumors.
03:35We don't know yet.
03:36We'll see.
03:36We'll see.
03:37If it's somebody that has direct ties to Messi, maybe an Iniesta, who's a longtime teammate,
03:43legendary Spanish player for Barcelona, maybe a Xavi as well, who is also a manager over at Barcelona.
03:50Like, we'll see what ends up happening here.
03:52But I don't know because why would, through seven games, Messi be out on his guy?
03:59No, no.
04:00I was going to say they're opening a new stadium.
04:02They won the championship last year.
04:04They weren't happy.
04:05But they say, you know what?
04:06Let's ride it out until we open this new stadium, have a couple home games.
04:10They all knew what was going on.
04:11But, Solana, you are being naive if you don't think Messi knew about this weeks ago.
04:16Like, he woke up and got the text that I got this morning.
04:18Well, I mean, Mascherano – by the way, I call them Javier Scaloni.
04:22It's Lionel Scaloni.
04:23I got him confused with Javier Mascherano.
04:25He coached this morning.
04:26He had a practice this morning.
04:29So, something went down, maybe.
04:31And they're saying personal reasons.
04:33Maybe something went down.
04:34Maybe.
04:35He could have gotten a phone call and said, hey, this such-and-such is going to take me away
04:39for three months, at least, at minimum.
04:42And it's not fair to the team.
04:45And I know things are dicey anyway.
04:47Who knows?
04:47It's very possible.
04:48But I had the same reaction, which was, yeah, I don't think he's a great manager in the tactician sense,
04:55right?
04:55Like, I don't think he makes the correct substitutions when they need to be made.
04:59I questioned at times last year the lineups.
05:02He was trotting out there over and over and over again.
05:05But they won the championship.
05:06Right, so all that is kind of moot.
05:08And they're fresh off a championship.
05:10And they just opened up a brand-new stadium.
05:12This is a drastic measure to take when you're just trying to find some stability right now as a premier
05:18sports organization in the United States.
05:20With the World Cup on the horizon, by the way.
05:23It's bizarre.
05:25It's very, very interesting, to say the least.
05:27I want to.
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