Fumbled coaching hire spoils an otherwise great week for the Galaxy

Fumbled coaching hire spoils an otherwise great week for the GalaxyThe Galaxy entered December without a general manager, a full-time coach or any public assurances that Zlatan Ibrahimovic, their best player, would be back next season.

The team crossed two of those things off its to-do list last week. But it was the one thing that didn’t get done that best shows how much work the Galaxy still have to do.

Less than a day before the Galaxy hoped to introduce Porter as its new coach, his name was suddenly dropped from consideration, surfacing instead in Columbus, where he was negotiating a deal to take over the Crew. Exactly what happened depends on who is telling the story: The Galaxy say new…