What’s next for the Timbers?

One of my favorite TV shows of all time is the West Wing. In it, after any crisis, fictional President Jed Bartlet always asked “What’s next?” when he was ready to move on to the next thing.

So what’s next for both Caleb Porter and the Portland Timbers? Well for Porter, some well deserved time off. Five years is a lot of time in one place when it comes to football managers and he left with no idea of ‘what’s next’. It seems a lot like Pep Guardiola taking his sabbatical between Barcelona and Bayern Munich jobs.

He’s got a hell of a resume that should get him hired wherever he goes next. I know I’m not the only one that saw his leaving as a gut punch. To be honest, I hope he gets as much rest…