Time for our first update - Mister Manager!
@Travis7401
Mister Manager's first gig was right away, getting picked up by Columbus in the second tier (American National League). Columbus was picked for a mid-tier side, but thrived under MM's direction. They flirted with the playoff spots most of the season, though their cup runs were less than great. Something that will become a theme in this post, Mister Manager left Columbus for greener pastures in February of 2013, heading to New Orleans and the Premier League. Columbus would ultimately finish 4th, but would fall in the playoffs, just missing out on promotion.
New Orleans was picked to finish in the upper half of the league, but had been in the relegation spots at times throughout the year. In his 3+ months in charge to finish the year, MM led NO to a 12th place finish and an appearance in the Sun Belt finals (which they lost). He was resigned to a new deal and made several changes to the squad during the summer window. Just two games into the season, he was enticed by the money of Washington.
This would be his longest post to date, holding it for a whopping 16 months. He experienced minimal success here - in his first year, the club finished 15th, down from 9th the previous year. He was however given another year, but after an even rougher start, he jumped ship in December of 2014. Washington was ultimately relegated to the second tier at the end of the season.
Houston became his new longest jerb, manning the post for almost two years. He took over an APL side that was near relegation, and ultimately consolidated them with a 15th place finish, though this was down from a 7th place finish the previous season. He was given another year mostly based off another runner up performance in the Sun Belt Cup. His second year was much more successful, bringing the team back up to the 7th place they had the year before he arrived. However, another rocky start in the 2016-17 season brought Mister Manager a first - he was sacked in December.
After spending 15 months in solitude, allegedly having a "nervous breakdown" and living off of "rat carcasses," he returned to the scene in early 2018 with Tampa in the second tier. This was where Mister Manager arguably had his greatest success as a corch - he led the club to their first ever promotion to the Premier League and a run to the semi-finals of the US Open Cup in his first season. For an encore, he consolidated the team by finishing in 15th and remaining up, along with a Dixie Cup final appearance. The tides turn during the summer as he allegedly lost the locker room, and left the team in December. As had happened before, the club was relegated the same season.
He moved to Atlanta in an effort to save one of the country's biggest clubs from relegation. Unfortunately, he was unable to do so and Atlanta went down to the second tier for the first time in history - Mister Manager's first time in charge of a relegated side (though it could be argued his third). He had shown enough to stay on, however, and got Atlanta right back up the next season. After a good start to his second full season in charge, YET AGAIN, he departed the club.
He moved to what he would call his "dream job" - coaching for Denver in the APL. A team expected to challenge for the title found itself in the mid tier, and brought in MM to clean things up. Arguably the top job since he was fired from Houston, he struggled to get them over the hump and ultimately the team finished 10th in the league, their worst finish in a decade. Still, Mister Manager was brought back for another season. However after a similar start to the new year, he was sacked in December.
A few months later, he had a repeat of his Atlanta task - trying to save a big club, this time LA, from relegation. History repeated itself, as he could not do so and the club was relegated.
The board hopes for the same outcome as Atlanta - an immediate rise back to the first tier. Anything less may result in back to back firings for the controversial manager.
I could post numerous images about MM, but I think this little snip was the best: