With Klinsmann, it was going to be dicey. It's not that we just lost 2 of the 3 toughest matches in the hex, it's the way we lost them and the results over the past couple of years. Klinsmann has drawn with Panama twice at home (lost 1 on penalty kicks) and lost to Jamaica in the Gold Cup when we were trying to qualify for the Confederations Cup. And his formation change against Mexico was nothing short of insanity, then the players quit on him in Costa Rica. After 5 years to prepare for this, the first 2 games of this hex were the worst prepared I've ever seen a US team in matches that counted. Huge risk to wait and see if he could fix things in March against a decent Honduras team and at Panama. A move had to be made.