Steve Sampson, we knew you too daggum much!

There is much joy in Mudville, I mean Tinsletown, as the LA Galaxy brain trust finally got their little Magic 8 ball to tell them, "Fire his butt now!" Alexis Lalas gave the overly creative coach his walking papers and was then good enough to loan old Steve his cell phone so he could call Century 21 (okay, so I made that last part up).

What sad little country with a GDP equivalent to that of Rhode Island will Sampson get a head coaching job with now? Who cares! His whole hiring was one big snafu, not only because it was him being hired at all but also because first LA booted Sigi Schmid who had the Galaxy in 1st place at the time of his dismissal. Steve Sampson sure brought in much more attractive, attacking soccer, didn't he?

And don't think it isn't just a little apropos that SS met his demise on 06-06-06 but that joke's been done to death. Speaking of death, word is a new coach will be announced tomorrow before Stevo's body is even cold. Who could it be? Frank Yallop wouldn't be a crazy guess, would it?