Post Mortem

Sam Kelly has the details on Diego Maradona's removal from the Argentine national team. One hopes that rumors of his being offered the Mexico job are just rumors; hiring the disappointing outgoing coach of a more prestigious national team promises to be a rerun of the Eriksson era. Although Maradona has the advantage of speaking Spanish fluently and without a foreign accent, which a recent study suggests was one of Eriksson's most insuperable obstacles.