After every World Cup there is much debate over the future of the coach of every team that participated, from the Cup winners to those that return home heads bowed in shame.  (I’m looking at you France)  US coach Bob Bradley is no different.

Looking at Bradley’s time since the last Cup he has brought US Soccer, arguably, its most successful four year run ever.  Second place in the Confederations Cup, First place in CONCACAF qualifying, the 2007 Gold Cup title, and advancing out of the group stage at the Cup.  While that last one was a success by the standard that we accomplished the goal we set out to accomplish, many fans and pundits feel like we could and should have done more.  So where does that leave Bradley?

Four More Years? – Some believe Bradley should stay on for another Cup cycle to try to extend the success.  ManU coach and legend Alex Furgeson even stated that US Soccer should be sprinting to his door to sign him back up.  A good number of coaches from this Cup look like their going to get signed back on by their respective employers for another run at it.

The EPL? - If you clicked on that lick up there and read the whole article, you’ll also find that Furgeson also intimated that Bradley could be a successful coach in the EPL in response to ongoing rumors that he’s on a short list to replace Roy Hodgson at Fulham.  This would be a first for an American coach.

What do I think?  Still undecided.  I’m hesitant on the four more years talk.  I had my ups and downs with liking and disliking Bradley.  I really liked his early approach of trying out a bunch of new players early on to restock the cupboard.

I didn’t like the performance of the team during CONCACAF qualifying.  Even though we qualified first, it shouldn’t have come down to the second to the last game as we feel behind early way too often.  This is something that bit us big time in the Cup and I put at least some of the blame on the coach for not having his team properly prepared mentally to play. But then its hard to argue with the genius that was the Confederations Cup and I was honestly impressed with many of his decisions during the Cup.

I’m also a little gun shy on handing over the team to someone for another four years following a successful first term.  See 2002 and 2006 US Soccer for how that can go really poorly.  Then again, I don’t have a good idea on who an alternate would be.  People are still calling for Klinsman, but I honestly can’t say if I think that would be good or not.

I guess when it comes down to it, I’ll just wait and see.  I don’t think I’m going to have really strong feelings one way or the other.