Nick Bontis was not an effective leader. But given the mood that appears to have taken root at the elite level of Canadian soccer, who could be?
Twenty-five years ago, the best thing you could say about this country’s national soccer program was that it existed. In theory. It just didn’t appear that way if you knew anything about soccer.
A bunch of nations with estimable soccer histories – ones far more estimable than our own – would be pretty pleased with that string of wins.The one thing Canada Soccer and its fractious national teams seem to have in abundance is shoes. Somebody’s always dropping one.Apparently, this was less a resignation than it was a resig-firing. According to TSN, Bontis stepped aside on the same day the heads of all the provincial federations wrote him a letter requesting that he do so.
“We will not negotiate this through the media,” Bontis said then, at a press conference in front of the media. In terms of eliciting confidence, the man wasn’t exactly Angela Merkel. So the No. 1 guy at your shop is out there having lunch every second Tuesday at the competition’s executive lounge, saying ‘No, I couldn’t possibly’? When he’s caught at it, he acts like that’s a completely normal thing to do? That’s supposed to make everyone feel better?
Regardless of who’s fault this all is , a shining moment in Canadian sports history is becoming an endless food fight. This is what the people who run sports never seem to get. Fans will happily support a loser, as long as they like the people involved in it.
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Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis resigns, says change is neededBontis was elected president in November 2020, succeeding Steven Reed.
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Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis resigns, says change is neededBontis was elected president in November 2020, succeeding Steven Reed.
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Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis resigns, says change is neededBontis was elected president in November 2020, succeeding Steven Reed.
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