In his first official engagement as the New York Red Bulls sporting director, Denis Hamlett made clear that the identity the club has cultivated since 2015 will not be drastically changed by his appointment. And that this identity owes less to the 300-page plan of his predecessor than popular narratives surrounding the team over the last couple of years have suggested.
On a conference call with local and national media, Hamlett credited visits to Austria and Germany since joining RBNY with providing him with a "good understanding of Red Bull Global Soccer." Expanding slightly in response to a question about the club's direction in the absence of Ali Curtis, Hamlett did not reference the outgoing SD's ubiquitous 300-page plan.