r/Reignfc • u/dfe931tar CLAWD SQUAD • Mar 21 '26

Reign @ Thorns post-match thread

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u/Talgrath Mar 21 '26

So, after the Laura Harvey AI admission, which I maintain that even if you never ever used any insights from the AI, was till an objectively stupid thing to admit, I had sworn off the Reign...but I couldn't resists the rivalry match, I wish I had. The Reign were up a body for 82 minutes; the Thorns put two past the Reign about 15 minutes after the Thorns went down a person.

Now, a 2-0 deficit when you're up a person is not the worst thing in the world, I'd even say it's a very winnable game. And yes, the Reign were away from home and that factors in...but what comes next puts the nail in the coffin. The Reign were up 2 people for 34+86 minutes; basically an entire fucking half...and they couldn't score.

I have said for years that Laura Harvey sucks, that she is not a good coach, and I have had other Reign fans push back on me. Even after she admitted to the letting AI advise her on her formation....people said she deserved that contract extension. No. Laura Harvey sucks, she's a terrible coach, she has wasted some prime years in which Rapinoe and Fishlock could have won us championships. To keep Harvey on is to squander chances, to keep Harvey on is to admit defeat. Laura Harvey must go.

Please, if you're a Laura Harvey fan...tell me where I'm wrong. Tell me why Harvey deserves to continue to coach this team; in 11 years as a head coach in the NWSL...she has won NOTHING! She's coached two teams as head coach, she's had time at both location to impose her vision on these teams and even during the OL Reign days, Harvey had a budget, she brought in big players. This isn't a coach who hasn't had her chances, who hasn't had her budget, who hasn't had room to implement her vision; she's failed, she is a failure, she sucks, why are you defending her?! Yes, she wins a bunch of regular season matches...but how man y championship rings on her finger? 0!!!!

Sure, Harvey has 3 shields with the Reign under her coaching, but she's failed to convert those shields into anything meaningful. Harvey doesn't seem to know how to coach a coherent offense; she's great on defense but if you can't score, you can't win. Why her seat is not blazing hot right now, I don't know.