Orlando City general manager Niki Budalic acknowledged Monday that new coach James O’Connor has been signed to a 2 ½-year contract.
But what Budalic didn’t say and should have said is this: “Mark my words, we’re going to be patient this time. We’re going to give Coach O’Connor the full 2 ½ years to execute his plan.”
If only Orlando City had shown a modicum of patience in the past, maybe they wouldn’t be in the predicament they were in Monday when they introduced O’Connor as the new coach of a club in a state of free fall and in the midst of franchise-record eight-match losing streak.